Education and Psychology (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Education and Psychology What is Psychology? It would not be untrue to say that if one knows the meaning of a science one is half-way towards knowing the science itself. Only an accomplished chemist can tell one the precise meaning of the word "Chemistry." This saying holds especially true in the case of Psychology. Most of the errors in the history of the science, and nearly all the errors made by the student approaching the subject for the first time are due to a misunderstanding of What Psychology Is. We may start as usual by splitting the term into two Greek words psyche and logos. Psyche is ordinarily translated as "soul" and logos as "science." Let us examine each of these words separately. Psyche. Psychology to the Greeks was a section of Philosophy. Philosophy deals with three great subjects. 1. The real nature of the world. 2. The real nature of God. 3. The real nature of man's soul. The first section would include of modern sciences Chemistry, Physics, Astronomy. But as the Greeks tried to discover not only the real nature, but also the origin and final end of the world, and as they did this largely by speculations and arguments, the section would also include a great deal of Philosophy in its modern narrower meaning. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.