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 Sect. V.

The Sense of Hearing.

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The immediate organ of hearing, and the general uses of the several parts of the external and internal ear 140

An inquiry how far the phaenomena of musical and other inarticulate sounds are agreeable to the doctrine of vibrations 141

An inquiry how far the judgments, which we make concerning the distance and position of the sounding body, are agreeable to the doctrine of association 143

An inquiry how far the power of distinguishing articulate sounds depends upon association 144

The doctrine of sounds illustrates and favours that of the vibrations of the small medullary particles 145

The manner and degree in which agreeable and disagreeable sounds contribute, according to the doctrine of association, to the formation of our intellectual pleasures and pains 146

The ideas generated by audible impressions 147

The automatic motions excited by impressions made on the ear 149

The manner and degree in which these automatic motions are influenced by voluntary and semi-voluntary powers 150

Sect. VI.

The Desire of the Sexes towards each other.

An inquiry how far the desires of the sexes towards each other are of a factitious nature, and agreeable to the theory of these papers 150

Sect. VII.

Other Motions, automatic and voluntary, not considered in the foregoing Sections of this Chapter.

An inquiry how far the motions of the heart, ordinary and extraordinary, are agreeable to the foregoing theory 153