ASSOCIATION

In Psychology, a i to thai property of our minds, by winch any object or stale of consciousne (whet hi i 'ion) has a tendency to recal otl with which it has been previously in some way conne i The conditions under which this tendency exists were first stated by Aristotle, in his "Treatise on '.Memory and Re collection." According to him they are threefold, consisting of Resemblance, Contrast, and Contiguity. If by the last word we understand connexion In space and time, and that of cause and effect, this division is the same with that (riven by Hume, and adopted by modern philosophers. The principle of a ociation has been applied by Hartley, Sir. I. Mackintosh, and other writers on ethics, to explain the origin of our more complex emotions, and in particular moral sentiments. A ociation. In Politics, a society formed of a number of individuals acting under common rules and an elective government, for the accomplishment of some definite The principle of a ociation is so obvious as to need no comment or explanation. But its practical dev elopement in politics and ethics in modern times, owing in great measure to the facility of communication and diffu [s. 109]