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 vii
... 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 the laws of ...
... 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 the laws of ...
Pagina xv
... 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 theories . It ...
... 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 theories . It ...
Pagina 14
... moral and religious questions which you are considering . And in these lectures I shall take for granted , what some scientists still doubt , that man also is a product of evolution . For the weight of evidence in favor of this view is ...
... moral and religious questions which you are considering . And in these lectures I shall take for granted , what some scientists still doubt , that man also is a product of evolution . For the weight of evidence in favor of this view is ...
Pagina 54
... moral , religious person , like man ? " That is not first which is spiritual , but that which is natural ( animal , sensuous ) ; and after- ward that which is spiritual . " First , in order of time , must come the body , and then the ...
... moral , religious person , like man ? " That is not first which is spiritual , but that which is natural ( animal , sensuous ) ; and after- ward that which is spiritual . " First , in order of time , must come the body , and then the ...
Pagina 99
... moral powers , his vision of , and communion with , God . And supposing it be true , as I believe it is true , that the animal has the germ of these also , does that cloud my mind or obscure my vision or weaken my action ? It bids me ...
... moral powers , his vision of , and communion with , God . And supposing it be true , as I believe it is true , that the animal has the germ of these also , does that cloud my mind or obscure my vision or weaken my action ? It bids me ...
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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