... consciousness — how it is possible for aerial vibrations to generate the sensation we call sound, or for the forces liberated by chemical changes in the brain to give rise to emotion — these are mysteries which it is impossible to fathom. But... The Correlation and conservation of forces - Page xxxviby Edward Livingston Youmans - 1868 - 438 pagesFull view - About this book
| Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard - 1851 - 396 pages
...rise to emotion, these are mysteries which it is impossible to fathom. But they are not profoumler mysteries than the transformation of the physical...one of the uniformities in the order of phenomena." Nothing need be added to the explicitness of this statement. In every school of philosophy, the union... | |
| Herbert Spencer - 1862 - 528 pages
...mysteries which it is impossible to fathom. But they are not profounder mysteries than the transformations of the physical forces into each other. They are not...one of the uniformities in the order of phenomena. § 83. Of course if the law of correlation and eouivalence . - , . — - — l^*— ^ «-»-'-" * holds... | |
| Herbert Spencer - 1864 - 538 pages
...mysteries which it is impossible to fathom. But they are not profounder mysteries than the transformations of the physical forces into each other. They are not...one of the uniformities in the order of phenomena. § 83. Of course if the law of correlation and equivalence holds of the forces we class as vital and... | |
| Herbert Spencer - 1865 - 528 pages
...mysteries which it is impossible to fathom. But they are not profounder mysteries than the transformations of the physical forces into each other. They are not...comprehension than the natures of Mind and Matter. They hare simply the same insolubility as all other ultimate questions. We can learn nothing more than that... | |
| Charles Bray - 1866 - 182 pages
...call sound, or for the forces liberated by chemical changes in the brain to give rise to motion — these are mysteries which it is impossible to fathom....the uniformities in the order of phenomena." * The peculiar mode of operation which force assumes, whether as mechanical force or motion, heat, magnetism,... | |
| American Association for the Advancement of Science - 1869 - 432 pages
...nothing but an overwhelming bias in favor of a preconceived theory can explaiu its non-acceptance. How this metamorphosis takes place, how a force existing...one of the uniformities in the order of phenomena." Nothing need be added to the explicitness of this statement. In every school of philosophy, the union... | |
| American Association for the Advancement of Science - 1869 - 432 pages
...existing as motion, heat or light, can become a mode of consciousness — how it is possible for serial vibrations to generate the sensation we call sound,...one of the uniformities in the order of phenomena." Nothing need be added to the explicitness of this statement. In every school of philosophy, the union... | |
| Herbert Spencer - 1870 - 588 pages
...mysteries which it is impossible to fathom. But they are not profounder mysteries than the transformations of the physical forces into each other. They are not...can learn nothing more than that here is one of the uniformitiea in the order of phenomena. § 72. If the general law of transformation and equiA'alence... | |
| Herbert Spencer - 1870 - 600 pages
...they arc not profounder mysteries than the transformations of the physical forces into each othnr. They are not more completely beyond our comprehension...one of the uniformities in the order of phenomena. § 72. If the general law of transformation and equivalence holds of the forces we class as vital and... | |
| Herbert Spencer - 1873 - 602 pages
...not profounder mysteries than the transformations of the physical forces into each othor. They arc not more completely beyond our comprehension than the natures of Mind and Matter. They have simply tho same insolubility as all other ultimate questions. We can learn nothing more than that here is... | |
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