 How this metamorphosis takes place — how a force existing as motion, heat, or light, can become a mode of consciousness — how it is possible for aerial vibrations to generate the sensation we call sound, or for the forces liberated by chemical changes...  The Correlation and conservation of forces - Page xxxviby Edward Livingston Youmans - 1868 - 438 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1880 - 820 pages
...matter itself. Many passages in Mr. Spencer's works imply this view. Consider the following quotation : How this metamorphosis takes place ; how a force existing...vibrations to generate the sensation we call sound, for the force liberated by chemical changes in the brain to give rise to emotion— these are mysteries... | |
 | Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard - 1851 - 396 pages
...nothing but an overwhelming bias in favor of a preconceived theory can explain its non-acceptance. How this metamorphosis takes place, how a force existing...a mode of consciousness — how it is possible for arial vibrations to generate the sensation we call sound, or for the forces liberated by chemical changes... | |
 | 1865 - 912 pages
...which holds among the physical forces, holds equally between them and the mental forces. . . . How the metamorphosis takes place — how a force existing...heat, or light, can become a mode of consciousness, . . . these are mysteries which it is impossible to fathom. But they are not profounder mysteries than... | |
 | Charles Bray - 1866 - 182 pages
...explain its non-acceptance. How this metamorphosis takes place — how a force existing as emotion, heat, or light, can become a mode of consciousness...liberated by chemical changes in the brain to give rise to motion — these are mysteries which it is impossible to fathom. But they are not profounder mysteries... | |
 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - 1869 - 432 pages
...nothing but an overwhelming bias in favor of a preconceived theory can explain its non-acceptance. How this metamorphosis takes place, how a force existing...a mode of consciousness — how it is possible for serial vibrations to generate the sensation we call sound, or for the forces liberated by chemical... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - 1870 - 600 pages
...of a pre-conceived theory, can explain its non-acceptance. How this metamorphosis takes place—how a force existing as motion, heat, or light, can become a mode of consciousness—how it is possible for aerial vibrations to generate the sensation we call sound, or... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - 1872 - 602 pages
...nothing but an overwhelming bias in favour of a pre-conceived theory, can explain its non-acceptance. How this metamorphosis takes place — how a force...or for the forces liberated by chemical changes in tho brain to give rise to emotion — these are mysteries which it is impossible to fathom. But they... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - 1873 - 602 pages
...nothing but an overwhelming bias in favour of a pre-conceived theory, can explain its non-acceptance. How this metamorphosis takes place — how a force...changes in the brain to give rise to emotion — these arc mysteries which it ia impossible to fathom. But they arc not profounder mysteries than the transformations... | |
 | 1873 - 808 pages
...compelled to admire the generalship. Mr. Spencer, however, recognizes a difficulty at this point, and says: "How this metamorphosis takes place — how a force...to generate the sensation we call sound, or for the force liberated by chemical changes in the brain to give rise to emotion — these are mysteries which... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1873 - 958 pages
...to admire the generalship. Mr. Spencer, however, recognizes a difficulty at this point, and says: " How this metamorphosis takes place — how a force...to generate the sensation we call sound, or for the force liberated by chemical changes in the brain to give rise to emotion — these are mysteries which... | |
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