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The perceptive act is a reaction of the mind upon the object of which it is the perception. - Samuel Alexander

The sensory acts are accordingly distinguished by their objects. - Samuel Alexander

The mental act of sensation which issues in reflex movement is so simple as to defy analysis. - Samuel Alexander

Mental life is indeed practical through and through. It begins in practice and it ends in practice. - Samuel Alexander

It is more difficult to designate this form of conation on its practical side by a satisfactory name. - Samuel Alexander

Curiosity begins as an act of tearing to pieces or analysis. - Samuel Alexander

Both expectations and memories are more than mere images founded on previous experience. - Samuel Alexander

An expectation is a future object, recognised as belonging to me. - Samuel Alexander

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