An Epitome of the Synthetic Philosophy"The object of this volume is to give in a condensed form the general principles of Mr. Herbert Spencer's Philosophy as far as possible in his original words."--Preface |
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accompanied actions activity advance aggregate animals arise become belief body called carried cause centre changes combination common complex compound conception conclusion consciousness consequent considered constituting continuous contrasts correspondence definite differentiation direct displayed distinct distinguished divisions effects elements environment equal equilibration equilibrium established evidence evolution existence external fact feelings follows forces functions further genesis going greater groups growth Hence heterogeneity higher human hypothesis ideas implies increase individual integration interpretation involved kind known leaves less limit living manifestations mass matter mental mind modes modifications molecular motion nature needs nerve nervous object organisms origin outer pass phenomena plants position present primitive principle produced progress race reached reason relations relative remains respect separate shown simple social society Space species structure successive things thought tion tissues truth types units universal unlike varied various whole
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Page 512 - Amid the mysteries which become the more mysterious the more they are thought about, there will remain the one absolute certainty, that he is ever in the presence of an infinite and eternal energy, from which all things proceed.
Page 214 - In other words, those races of beings only can have survived in which, on the average, agreeable or desired feelings went along with activities conducive to the maintenance of life, while disagreeable and habitually-avoided feelings went along with activities directly or indirectly destructive of life...
Page 12 - Our consciousness of the unconditioned being literally the unconditioned consciousness, or raw material of thought to which in thinking we give definite forms, it follows that an ever-present sense of real existence is the very basis of our intelligence.
Page 60 - Motion as well as matter being fixed in quantity, it would seem that the change in the distribution of matter which motion effects, coming to a limit in whichever direction it is carried, the indestructible motion thereupon necessitates a reverse distribution.
Page 46 - Evolution is an integration of matter and concomitant dissipation of motion; during which the matter passes from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity to a definite, coke-rent heterogeneity ; and during which the retained motion undergoes a parallel transformation.
Page 14 - Very likely there will ever remain a need to give shape to that indefinite sense of an Ultimate Existence, which forms the basis of our intelligence.
Page viii - with that which you have called ' the elder,' I copy it out It runs as follows : " ' 1. Throughout the universe in general and in detail there is an unceasing redistribution of matter and motion.
Page 526 - This conscious relinquishment of immediate and special good to gain distant and general good, while it is a cardinal trait of the self-restraint called moral, is also a cardinal trait of self-restraints other than those called moral — the restraints that originate from fear of the visible ruler, of the invisible ruler, and of society at large.
Page 252 - And this brings us to the true conclusion implied throughout the foregoing pages—the conclusion that it is one and the same Ultimate Reality which is manifested to us subjectively and objectively. For while the nature of that which is manifested under either form proves to be inscrutable, the order of its manifestations throughout all mental phenomena proves to be the same as the order of its manifestations throughout all material phenomena.
Page 8 - Matter then, in its ultimate nature, is as absolutely incomprehensible as Space and Time. Frame what suppositions we may, we find on tracing out their implications that they leave us nothing but a choice between opposite absurdities.
Bibliographic information
| Title | An Epitome of the Synthetic Philosophy |
| Author | Frederick Howard Collins |
| Editor | Frederick Howard Collins |
| Contributor | Herbert Spencer |
| Edition | 3 |
| Publisher | Appleton, 1889 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 26 Oct 2007 |
| Length | 18 pages |
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