The Whence and the Whither of Man: A Brief History of His Origin and Development Through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895C. Scribner's son, 1896 - 312 pagine |
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Pagina vi
... MENTAL DEVELOPMENT AND ITS SEQUENCE OF FUNCTIONS 113 Mode of investigation.- Intellect . Sense - perceptions . - Association.— Inference and understanding . - Rational intelligence . - Modes of mental or nervous action.Reflex action ...
... MENTAL DEVELOPMENT AND ITS SEQUENCE OF FUNCTIONS 113 Mode of investigation.- Intellect . Sense - perceptions . - Association.— Inference and understanding . - Rational intelligence . - Modes of mental or nervous action.Reflex action ...
Pagina vii
... Mental and moral heredity . - Personal magnetism . - Man's search for a king.- The essence of Christianity . - Conformity to environment gives future supremacy , but often at the cost of present hardship . - Conformity as obedience to ...
... Mental and moral heredity . - Personal magnetism . - Man's search for a king.- The essence of Christianity . - Conformity to environment gives future supremacy , but often at the cost of present hardship . - Conformity as obedience to ...
Pagina xv
... mental and moral , just as really as his physical , development must be the result of such a conformity . The study of en- vironment from this standpoint should throw some light on the validity of our moral and religious creeds and ...
... mental and moral , just as really as his physical , development must be the result of such a conformity . The study of en- vironment from this standpoint should throw some light on the validity of our moral and religious creeds and ...
Pagina 64
... mental scheme of these eyes is correct and capable of indefinitely greater development than the organs of touch or smell , perhaps greater even than the otolith vesicle . And the reflex influence of the eye on the brain was the greatest ...
... mental scheme of these eyes is correct and capable of indefinitely greater development than the organs of touch or smell , perhaps greater even than the otolith vesicle . And the reflex influence of the eye on the brain was the greatest ...
Pagina 81
... verte- brate is like an old Roman ; everything is subordi- nated to mental and physical power . He is the world conqueror . The important changes from fish upward affect the following organs 6 VERTEBRATES: BACKBONE AND BRAIN.
... verte- brate is like an old Roman ; everything is subordi- nated to mental and physical power . He is the world conqueror . The important changes from fish upward affect the following organs 6 VERTEBRATES: BACKBONE AND BRAIN.
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advance amoeba amphibia anatomical ancestors animal kingdom annelid apes appear appetite archenteron attained become beginning better birds body brain cells cerebrum characteristics conformity to environment conscious degeneration dominant ectoderm embryo embryology entoderm experience eyes fish functions future ganglion gastrula germ-plasm give groups heredity higher animals higher forms highest human hydra important increase individual insect instinct intelligence jaws knowledge laws layer legs living locomotion lower mammals man's marsupial ment mental mind mode modified mollusks moral motives muscles muscular muscular system natural selection nephridia nerve nervous system never notochord nutriment organs oxygen parapodia perception possible primitive probably progress protoplasm protozoa purely reflex action reptiles result schematic worm segments selfish sense-organs sequence shell skeleton species spermatozoa stage structure struggle surface survive swimming theory of evolution tion tissues true truth turbellaria unselfishness variation velopment vertebral column vertebrates volvox young