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 Sons, 1897 - 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 ...
... 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 ...
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
... still less its dominance for its own worth . The verte- brate is like an old Roman ; everything is subordi- nated to mental and physical power . He is the world conqueror . 7 The important changes from fish upward affect the following 6.
... still less its dominance for its own worth . The verte- brate is like an old Roman ; everything is subordi- nated to mental and physical power . He is the world conqueror . 7 The important changes from fish upward affect the following 6.
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advance amoeba amphibia anatomical ancestors animal kingdom annelid apes appear appetite archenteron attained become better birds body brain cells conformity to environment conscious degeneration dominant ectoderm embryo embryology existence experience eyes fish functions future ganglion gastrula gills give groups 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 membrane ment mental mind mode modified mollusks moral mouth muscles muscular muscular system mutability of species natural selection nephridia nerve nervous system never notochord nutriment organs oxygen parapodia perception perivisceral cavity possible primitive probably progress protoplasm protozoa purely race 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 vertebrates volvox young