MaterialismR. Hardwicke, 1875 - 68 páginas |
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... the conclusion that nature in her productions does not imitate the technic of man . Her process is one of unravelling and unfolding . · Matter is not the mere Materialism . 19 ed capacity which philosophers have pictured to 18 Materialism .
... the conclusion that nature in her productions does not imitate the technic of man . Her process is one of unravelling and unfolding . · Matter is not the mere Materialism . 19 ed capacity which philosophers have pictured to 18 Materialism .
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... matter is attracted by , or gravitates very other particle of matter , with a force rsely proportionate to the square of the nce " ; and Dalton's atomic theory was also totally different character , and had reference ne chemical law of ...
... matter is attracted by , or gravitates very other particle of matter , with a force rsely proportionate to the square of the nce " ; and Dalton's atomic theory was also totally different character , and had reference ne chemical law of ...
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... , and all the other dead as grains of shot , of which the cannot believe that the bishop would ever have edged that inorganic matter could of itself make plant . brain is formed . Imagine them separate and sensationless ;
... , and all the other dead as grains of shot , of which the cannot believe that the bishop would ever have edged that inorganic matter could of itself make plant . brain is formed . Imagine them separate and sensationless ;
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... matter should think . - enumerating all the writers whom he rs favourable to his theory , from the period downwards , he comes to what < s upon as the crowning - point of all phy and knowledge , Mr. Darwin's hypo- of evolution , which ...
... matter should think . - enumerating all the writers whom he rs favourable to his theory , from the period downwards , he comes to what < s upon as the crowning - point of all phy and knowledge , Mr. Darwin's hypo- of evolution , which ...
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... bioplasm * out ink Dr. Lionel Beale , in his work on " Disease has given strong and convincing reasons for ting the term bioplasm for protoplasm , to signify C of inorganic matter ; no physiologist has suc- ceeded in.
... bioplasm * out ink Dr. Lionel Beale , in his work on " Disease has given strong and convincing reasons for ting the term bioplasm for protoplasm , to signify C of inorganic matter ; no physiologist has suc- ceeded in.
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Página 8 - Is there not a temptation to close to some extent with Lucretius, when he affirms that' Nature is seen to do all things spontaneously of herself, without the meddling of the gods'?
Página 38 - organized register of infinitely numerous experiences received during the evolution of life, or rather during the evolution of that series of organisms through which the human organism has been reached.
Página 41 - Can we pause here ? We break a magnet and find two poles in each of its fragments. We continue the process of breaking, but, however small the parts, each carries with it, though enfeebled, the polarity of the whole. And when we can break no longer, we prolong the intellectual vision to the polar molecules. Are we not urged...
Página 24 - ... your dead nitrogen atoms, your dead phosphorus atoms, and all the other atoms, dead as grains of shot, of which the brain is formed. Imagine them separate and sensationless ; observe them running together and forming all imaginable combinations. This, as a purely mechanical process, is seeable by the mind. But can you see, or dream, or in any way imagine, how out of that mechanical act, and from these individually dead atoms, sensation, thought, and emotion are to rise...
Página 64 - It is true that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. For, while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them and go no further, but, when it beholdeth the chain of them confederate and linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity.
Página 23 - Thus far our way is clear, but now comes my difficulty. Your atoms are individually without sensation, much more are they without intelligence. May I ask you, then, to try your hand upon this problem. Take your dead hydrogen atoms, your dead oxygen atoms, your dead carbon atoms, your dead nitrogen atoms, your dead phosphorus atoms, and all the other atoms, dead as grains of shot, of which the brain is formed. Imagine them separate and sensationless; observe them running together and forming all imaginable...