The System of Mental Philosophy 1883 Asa Mahan ~ psychology textbook by Oberlin College's first president

Title: The System of Mental Philosophy
Author: Asa Mahan
Publication: Chicago: S. C. Griggs and Company, 1883

Description: Second Edition. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Worn. Some loss at spine ends and corners. Lacking front free endpaper. Inner hinges cracked. Owners' names and notes on front flyleaf and blank pages at rear. Scattered underlining and marginalia. 8vo. xx + 285.

This psychology textbook by Asa Mahan (1799-1889), an American Congregational minister the first president of both the Oberlin Collegiate Institute (later Oberlin College) and Adrian College, was first published in 1882. Mahan's intent was to furnish a textbook that addresses the complete system of ''mental science,'' or psychology, not only the Intellect, but also of the Sensibility and Will, aspects which he perceived as lacking in most textbooks on the subject.

Original owner's small library sticker in upper corner of front pastedown. It appears to have belonged to James S. Snoddy (c. 1861-1922), who graduated from the University of Missouri in 1883, and served as the school's assistant librarian from 1884-1887. He went on to teach English at the University of California, Berkeley.

Chapters: [General Introduction] I. Principles of Induction and Classification. II. Classification of Mental Phenomena and Faculties. [Part I: The Intellect] I. Intellectual Phenomena. II. Primary Faculties. III. Consciousness. IV. Sense. V. Reason. VI. Secondary Faculties. VII. Judgment. VIII. Association. IX. Memory and Recollection. X. The Imagination. XI Reason Resumed. XII. Laws of Investigation. XIII. Intelligence in Brutes. [Part II: The Sensibilities] I. Recapitulation. II. Sensibilities Classified. III. Animal Propensities. IV. The Emotions. V. Mental Propensities. VI. The Desires. VII. General Active Principles. VIII. Complex Phenomena. IX. Religious Propensities. [Part III: The Will].

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fair

Keywords: psychology, James S. Snoddy,