 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.  An Epitome of the Synthetic Philosophy - Page 46by Frederick Howard Collins - 1889 - 18 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Spencer Bassett, Edwin Mims, William Henry Glasson, William Preston Few, William Kenneth Boyd, William Hane Wannamaker - 1904 - 426 pages
...of being and activity. Here is his definition of his allexplaining principle. "Evolution," he says, "is an integration of matter, and concomitant dissipation...which the matter passes from an indefinite, incoherent homogenity to a definite, coherent heterogenity, and during which the retained motion undergoes a parallel... | |
 | Sir Oswald Stoll - 1904 - 220 pages
...portions of it that shed the light of truth. The formula of compound evolution that Spencer propounds finally stands thus : — " Evolution " is an integration...dissipation of motion, during which the matter passes 41 from a relatively indefinite, incoherent homogeneity " to a relatively definite coherent heterogeneity... | |
 | 1904 - 618 pages
...its high-water mark, is sufficient to show. The outcome was his familiar formula of evolution : — " Evolution is an integration of matter and concomitant...of motion, during which the matter passes from an indefmite incoherent homogeneity to a definite coherent heterogeneity ; and during which the retained... | |
 | Andrew Campbell Armstrong - 1904 - 372 pages
...broadens to 1 First Principles, § 92. The familiar " law of evolution " runs in its completed form: "Evolution is an integration of matter and concomitant...dissipation of motion ; during which the matter passes from a relatively indefinite, incoherent homogeneity, to a relatively definite, coherent heterogeneity ;... | |
 | Andrew Campbell Armstrong - 1904 - 394 pages
...broadens to 1 First Principles, § 92. The familiar " law of evolution " runs in its completed form : " Evolution is an integration of matter and concomitant...dissipation of motion ; during which the matter passes from a relatively indefinite, incoherent homogeneity, to a relatively definite, coherent heterogeneity ;... | |
 | 1904 - 1530 pages
...combine to form water. Evolution, to quote the famous definition, is "an integration of matter and a concomitant dissipation of motion during which the...passes from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity to a definite, coherent heterogeneity, during which the retained motion undergoes a parallel transformation."... | |
 | Albion W. Small - 1905 - 768 pages
...We might recall Spencer's formula of evolution, viz. : Evolution is an integration of matter and a concomitant dissipation of motion, during which the...definite, coherent heterogeneity, and during which the relative motion undergoes a parallel transformation." Reduced to a single word, this formula would... | |
 | Frederic Harrison - 1905 - 118 pages
...whole, and in each larger or smaller part of it' They know too how the final definition of Evolution ran thus: 'Evolution is an integration of matter and concomitant...dissipation of motion, during which the matter passes from a relatively indefinite, incoherent homogeneity to a relatively definite, coherent heterogeneity; and... | |
 | 1905 - 346 pages
...plus petite ». On se rappelle aussi la définition qu'il a donnée de l'évolution : « Évolution is an integration of matter and concomitant dissipation of motion, during which the matter passes from a relatively indefinite, incoherent homogeneity to a relatively definite, coherent heterogeneity ;... | |
 | Francis Ellingwood Abbot - 1906 - 398 pages
...the redistribution of the retained motion, as well as that of the component matter. . . . The formula finally stands thus : — Evolution is an integration...dissipation of motion ; during which the matter passes from a relatively indefinite, incoherent homogeneity to a relatively definite, coherent heterogeneity ;... | |
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