Note note 88 — ANALYSIS OF THE PHENOMENA OF THE HUMAN MIND James Mill

88 This process seems best expressed by laying down a law of Compound or Composite Association; under which a plurality of feeble links of connexion may be a substitute for one powerful and self-sufficing link.—B.

[The laws of compound association are the subject of one of the most original and profound chapters of Mr. Bain’s treatise (The Senses and the Intellect. Part ii. Chap. 3.).—Ed.]