ABSTRACT
Keeping to the subjective point of view, and regarding every relation as some state of consciousness holding together other states of consciousness; it is first to be remarked that relations of cointension are of two kinds, according as the states of consciousness between which they subsist are primary or secondary—are simple states, or the relations among simple states. Every relation between states of consciousness of necessity implies a change in consciousness. The only further remark that may be made, is one concerning the use of the words cointension and non-cointension to denote these orders of relationship. All our ideas of intensity, when traced to their origin, manifestly refer to the degrees of our sensations. Intensity is a word that connotes some species of force— a force that is violent, vehement, severe, keen, ardent; and all our ideas of force ultimately refer to sensations.
