The Whence and the Whither of Man: A Brief History of His Origin and Development Through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895W. Blackwood and Sons, 1896 - 312 pagine |
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Pagina vi
... action . - Reflex action , unconscious and comparatively mechanical . -Instinctive action : The actor is conscious , but guided by heredity . - In- telligent action . — The actor is conscious , guided by intelligence resulting from ...
... action . - Reflex action , unconscious and comparatively mechanical . -Instinctive action : The actor is conscious , but guided by heredity . - In- telligent action . — The actor is conscious , guided by intelligence resulting from ...
Pagina x
... actions in life are suited to meet the emergen probable but uncertain course of events . We take for granted the probable truth of th of evolution as stated by Mr. Darwin , and tha plies to man as really as to any lower animal . same ...
... actions in life are suited to meet the emergen probable but uncertain course of events . We take for granted the probable truth of th of evolution as stated by Mr. Darwin , and tha plies to man as really as to any lower animal . same ...
Pagina 15
... action or progress moving steadily on through past centuries , we have full confidence that these move- ments will continue in the future . The study of his- tory should make us seers . But the line of human progress is like a mountain ...
... action or progress moving steadily on through past centuries , we have full confidence that these move- ments will continue in the future . The study of his- tory should make us seers . But the line of human progress is like a mountain ...
Pagina 16
... actions , and those of fellows , conform to and advance them . Otherwise our lives will be thrown Our tory is only the last page If away . But if the theory of evolution be true , human his- of the one history of all life . to gain any ...
... actions , and those of fellows , conform to and advance them . Otherwise our lives will be thrown Our tory is only the last page If away . But if the theory of evolution be true , human his- of the one history of all life . to gain any ...
Pagina 40
... action the colony rolls through the water . After a time each individual absorbs its fla- gella , the colony is broken up , the different individuals settle to the bottom , and each gives rise by division to a new colony . This group of ...
... action the colony rolls through the water . After a time each individual absorbs its fla- gella , the colony is broken up , the different individuals settle to the bottom , and each gives rise by division to a new colony . This group of ...
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