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
... higher motives , is finally to be dominated by unselfishness and love of truth and righteousness . - These rouse the only inappeasable hunger , and are capable of indefinite development . - Strength of these motives . Their complete ...
... higher motives , is finally to be dominated by unselfishness and love of truth and righteousness . - These rouse the only inappeasable hunger , and are capable of indefinite development . - Strength of these motives . Their complete ...
Pagina vii
... higher and the lower in man . - As a religious being . - As hero . He has not yet attained . - Future man . He will utilize all his powers , duly subordinating the lower to the higher . - The triumph of the common people . CHAPTER IX ...
... higher and the lower in man . - As a religious being . - As hero . He has not yet attained . - Future man . He will utilize all his powers , duly subordinating the lower to the higher . - The triumph of the common people . CHAPTER IX ...
Pagina xiii
... higher functions have risen to dominance in the successive stages of animal and human development , if we can further be convinced that the sequence is irreversible , we shall be convinced that future man will be more and more com ...
... higher functions have risen to dominance in the successive stages of animal and human development , if we can further be convinced that the sequence is irreversible , we shall be convinced that future man will be more and more com ...
Pagina xv
... higher forms are more completely conformed to their environment than lower ; and man has attained the most complete conformity of all . Our biological history is therefore a record of the results of successive efforts , each attaining a ...
... higher forms are more completely conformed to their environment than lower ; and man has attained the most complete conformity of all . Our biological history is therefore a record of the results of successive efforts , each attaining a ...
Pagina 3
... higher , probably all present existing , species only mediately the result of a creative act . The first living germ , whenever and however created , was in- fused with power to give birth to higher species . Of these and their ...
... higher , probably all present existing , species only mediately the result of a creative act . The first living germ , whenever and however created , was in- fused with power to give birth to higher species . Of these and their ...
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