Lessons from Nature, as Manifested in Mind and MatterD. Appleton, 1876 - 462페이지 |
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... TAS ( Class of 1814 ) President of Harvard College " Preference being given to works in the Intellectual and Moral Sciences " LESSONS FROM NATURE . LESSONS FROM NATURE , AS MANIFESTED. FROM THE BEQUEST OF JAMES WALKER.
... TAS ( Class of 1814 ) President of Harvard College " Preference being given to works in the Intellectual and Moral Sciences " LESSONS FROM NATURE . LESSONS FROM NATURE , AS MANIFESTED. FROM THE BEQUEST OF JAMES WALKER.
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... moral conceptions a fact of nature - Are such conceptions universal amongst mankind ? —A definition of morality - The distinctness of the conception generally admitted - Needful cautions - Examples of morality in savages - Mr . Tylor ...
... moral conceptions a fact of nature - Are such conceptions universal amongst mankind ? —A definition of morality - The distinctness of the conception generally admitted - Needful cautions - Examples of morality in savages - Mr . Tylor ...
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... moral perception ) that man differs fundamentally from brutes , while the anatomical resemblances to animals which his frame exhibits in no way invalidate the argument drawn from the study of mind , that his origin ( like his nature ) ...
... moral perception ) that man differs fundamentally from brutes , while the anatomical resemblances to animals which his frame exhibits in no way invalidate the argument drawn from the study of mind , that his origin ( like his nature ) ...
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... moral worth which our intellect declares to attach to certain actions under certain conditions , is justified by our recognition of necessary truth and our perception of it as universally and necessarily valid - an objective truth , not ...
... moral worth which our intellect declares to attach to certain actions under certain conditions , is justified by our recognition of necessary truth and our perception of it as universally and necessarily valid - an objective truth , not ...
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... moral reprobation , indicating a conviction of the existence of moral responsibility and therefore of a power of choice exercised by men in their actions . conceptions We may begin by inquiring whether it is indeed the case that this ...
... moral reprobation , indicating a conviction of the existence of moral responsibility and therefore of a power of choice exercised by men in their actions . conceptions We may begin by inquiring whether it is indeed the case that this ...
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absolute accept action activity admit affirm Agnostics amongst animals apes assert believe birds brutes Cardinal Noris cause certainty characters Chauncey Wright colour conceive conception condition consciousness considered Darwin declarations deny distinct doctrine doubt evidence evolution existence expression external fact faculties feelings female force Herbert Spencer highest homology homoplasy human hypothesis idea instinct intellectual intelligence John Stuart Mill judgment kind language less Lewes males manifest means mental mind mode moral natural selection necessarily necessary necessary truth objective observes organism origin of species perception phenomena philosophy physical position possess present principle Professor Huxley proposition question races racters rational reason recognised relations religion remarks resemblance result savage says scepticism seems sensations sense sexual selection Sir John Lubbock soul structure Suarez supposed teaching tells Theism theory things thought tion tribes true truth Tylor universe validity words
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104 페이지 - I will call no being good, who is not what I mean when I apply that epithet to my fellow-creatures ; and if such a being can sentence me to hell for not so calling him, to hell I will go.
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.
64 페이지 - See then our predicament. We can think of Matter only in terms of Mind. We can think of Mind only in terms of Matter. When we have pushed our explorations of the first to the uttermost limit, we are referred to the second for a final answer ; and when we have got the final answer of the second we are referred back to the first for an interpretation of it.
177 페이지 - It is only our natural prejudice, and that arrogance which made our forefathers declare that they were descended from demigods, which leads us to demur to this conclusion.
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.
104 페이지 - ... that there exists a being in whom all the excellences which the highest human mind can conceive, exist in a degree inconceivable to us, I am informed that the world is ruled by a being whose attributes are infinite, but what they are we cannot learn, nor what are the principles of his government, except that 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.
125 페이지 - Psychical changes either conform to law or they do not. If they do not conform to law, this work, in common with all works on the subject, is sheer nonsense : no science of Psychology is possible. If they do conform to law, there cannot be any such thing as free will.
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.