Lessons from Nature, as Manifested in Mind and MatterD. Appleton, 1876 - 462페이지 |
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... theory of the skull - Analogous and homologous parts- Likenesses not due to inheritance - Mr . Spencer's explanations - Indepen- dent similarities - Homoplasts and homoplasy - Catalogue of homologies -Not due to the survival of the ...
... theory of the skull - Analogous and homologous parts- Likenesses not due to inheritance - Mr . Spencer's explanations - Indepen- dent similarities - Homoplasts and homoplasy - Catalogue of homologies -Not due to the survival of the ...
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... theory which does not properly belong to it- Critical details - An objection singular in a mathematician - An illustra- tion in the growth of a tree - Vital forces - Verbal criticisms - Conclusion . pp . 332-355 CHAPTER XII . CAUSES ...
... theory which does not properly belong to it- Critical details - An objection singular in a mathematician - An illustra- tion in the growth of a tree - Vital forces - Verbal criticisms - Conclusion . pp . 332-355 CHAPTER XII . CAUSES ...
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... theory of cognition , the non - ego disappears in the ego ; in the theory of being , the ego lapses back into the non - ego . Idealist in the former , he is materialist in the latter . " * But if Mill is open to this charge of ...
... theory of cognition , the non - ego disappears in the ego ; in the theory of being , the ego lapses back into the non - ego . Idealist in the former , he is materialist in the latter . " * But if Mill is open to this charge of ...
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... theory of consciousness , so much the worse for that theory . We who are absolutely certain that our intellect has the power ( however and whence- soever obtained ) of knowing both mind and matter as real , objective , persisting ...
... theory of consciousness , so much the worse for that theory . We who are absolutely certain that our intellect has the power ( however and whence- soever obtained ) of knowing both mind and matter as real , objective , persisting ...
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... theory obliged him to do so . Mr. Spencer concludes this section by saying that " com- pound relations of sequences as we conceive them cannot be quantitatively like the connections beyond consciousness to which they refer , is proved ...
... theory obliged him to do so . Mr. Spencer concludes this section by saying that " com- pound relations of sequences as we conceive them cannot be quantitatively like the connections beyond consciousness to which they refer , is proved ...
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391 페이지 - If we take in our hand any volume; of divinity or school metaphysics, for instance; let us ask: Does it contain any abstract reasoning concerning quantity or number? No. Does it contain any experimental reasoning concerning matter of fact or existence? No. Commit it then to the flames; for it can contain nothing but sophistry and illusion.
284 페이지 - IF IT could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed, which could not possibly have been formed by numerous, successive, slight modifications, my theory would absolutely break down.
9 페이지 - ... the same thing cannot both 'be' and 'not be' at the same time and in the same sense, and we are landed in utter and complete scepticism.
177 페이지 - It is only our natural prejudice, and that arrogance which made our forefathers declare that they were descended from demi-gods, which leads us to demur to this conclusion.
104 페이지 - ... the highest human morality which we are capable of conceiving ' does not sanction them, — convince me of it, and I will bear my fate as I may. But when I am told that I must believe this, and at the same time call this Being by the names which express and affirm the highest human morality, I say in plain terms that I will not. Whatever power such a Being may have over me, there is one thiug which he shall not. do,— he shall not compel me to worship him.
390 페이지 - The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules of the game are what we call the laws of nature. The player on the other side is hidden from us. We know that his play is always fair, just, and patient. But also we know to our cost that he never overlooks a mistake or makes the smallest allowance for ignorance.
297 페이지 - Dr. Hooker, in his address to the British Association, spoke thus of the author: "Of Mr. Wallace and his many contributions to philosophical biology it is not easy to speak without enthusiasm; for, putting aside their great merits, he, throughout his writings, with a modesty as rare as I believe it to be unconscious, forgets his own unquestioned claim to the honour of having originated independently of Mr. Darwin, the theories which he so ably defends.
120 페이지 - To do this effectually it is necessary to be fully possessed of only two beliefs : the first that the order of nature is ascertainable by our faculties to an extent which is practically unlimited ; the second, that our volition counts for something as a condition of the course of events.
181 페이지 - We must also admit that there is a much wider interval in mental power between one of the lowest fishes, as a lamprey or lancelet, and one of the higher apes, than between an ape and man; yet this interval is filled up by numberless gradations.
168 페이지 - Embryonic Development. — Man is developed from an ovule, about the 125th of an inch in diameter, which differs in no respect from the ovules of other animals. The embryo itself at a very early period can hardly be distinguished from that of other members of the vertebrate kingdom.