MS 1343 (1902) - Of the Classification of the Sciences

When your letter came I had already consulted the witch When your letter came, I was just consulting the witch When your letter came, I was about to consult the witch While your letter is coming, I have consulted the witch While your letter is coming, I am consulting the witch While your letter is coming, I am going to consult the witch When your letter comes, I shall have consulted the witch When your letter comes, I shall be consulting the witch When your letter comes, I shall be about to consult the witch

When I got your letter I had decided what to do When I got your letter I was deciding what to do

We are always moved by our instincts, or some development thereof. Man's main instincts are, or centre about,

To the former is to be referred all dealing exclusively with the physical world. To the latter all dealings with the psychical world.

In the first line we have sciences which inquire how one ought to act to produce immediate gratification. Such is gastronomy.

But instincts hardly act unmixed and there are some of man's wants and purposes not obviously classifiable under either head. Such are his five needs of

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