 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
 | 1910 - 550 pages
...enough that when it flashed upon Herbert Spencer that evolution 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 " (words that would make Quintillian stare and gasp), he felt a gust... | |
 | 1910 - 546 pages
...enough that when it flashed upon Herbert Spencer that evolution 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" (words that would make Quintillian stare and gasp), he felt a gust... | |
 | Samuel Chandler Earle - 1911 - 364 pages
...the explanation begins with the abstract. 1 In Chapter IX we shall consider the impor1 For example: "Evolution is an integration of matter and concomitant...passes from an indefinite incoherent homogeneity to a definite coherent heterogeneity; tance of concreteness when writing for general readers; in such cases... | |
 | Samuel Chandler Earle - 1911 - 364 pages
...the explanation begins with the abstract.1 In Chapter IX we shall consider the impor1 For example: "Evolution is an integration of matter and concomitant...passes from an indefinite incoherent homogeneity to a definite coherent heterogeneity ; tance of concreteness when writing for general readers; in such cases... | |
 | 1904 - 1036 pages
...gaps and breaks * " The law of the continuous redistribution of matter and motion." Fully stated : "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... | |
 | Sir Sidney Lee - 1912 - 770 pages
...comprising every department of the ' Knowable.' He finally reaches his famous law : — Evolution i.« 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 ;... | |
 | John Calvin Kimball - 1913 - 344 pages
...place. What, then, is evolution? We all know the famous definition of it given by Herbert Spencer : "An integration of matter and concomitant dissipation...homogeneity to a definite, coherent heterogeneity, and the retained motion undergoes a parallel transformation." It is a definition which is admirable for... | |
 | Solomon Herbert - 1913 - 438 pages
...give the definition of evolution, as expressed by Herbert Spencer in the following short formula : 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 ;... | |
 | Albert Galloway Keller - 1915 - 370 pages
...inclusive formula. But such a universal is not the aim of science at all. This formula states that: "Evolution is an integration of matter and concomitant...definite coherent heterogeneity; and during which the 1 "Life and Letters of Charles Darwin," ed. by P. Darwin, II, 239, 301, 371. retained motion undergoes... | |
 | Henry Cecil Sturt - 1915 - 326 pages
...scientific principle. When it comes into the mind of a philosopher that the world-process may be regarded as "an integration of matter and concomitant dissipation...passes from an indefinite incoherent homogeneity to a definite coherent heterogeneity," there are surely in his theory no parts which can be regarded as... | |
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