Unconscious MemoryCape, 1920 - 186 pages |
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Page xi
... gives us an invaluable lead ; for it tells us ( Chaps . II , III ) how the author came to write the Book of the Machines in " Erewhon " ( 1872 ) , with its foreshadow- ing of the later theory , " Life and Habit " ( 1878 ) , " Evolu ...
... gives us an invaluable lead ; for it tells us ( Chaps . II , III ) how the author came to write the Book of the Machines in " Erewhon " ( 1872 ) , with its foreshadow- ing of the later theory , " Life and Habit " ( 1878 ) , " Evolu ...
Page xiv
... gives a brilliant exposition of what seemed to him the most valuable portion of their teachings on evolution . His analysis of Buffon's true meaning , veiled by the reticences due to the conditions under which he wrote , is as masterly ...
... gives a brilliant exposition of what seemed to him the most valuable portion of their teachings on evolution . His analysis of Buffon's true meaning , veiled by the reticences due to the conditions under which he wrote , is as masterly ...
Page xvi
... gives it a warm , nay , enthusiastic , reception in Chapter V ( Introduction to Professor Hering's lecture ) , and in his notes to the transla- tion of the Address , which bulks so large in this book , but points out that he was " not ...
... gives it a warm , nay , enthusiastic , reception in Chapter V ( Introduction to Professor Hering's lecture ) , and in his notes to the transla- tion of the Address , which bulks so large in this book , but points out that he was " not ...
Page xvii
... give them a purpose ) : Machines have a Why ? as well as a How ?: " things at large " have a How ? only . In " Unconscious Memory " the allurements of unitary or monistic views have gained the upper hand , and Butler writes ( p . 15 ...
... give them a purpose ) : Machines have a Why ? as well as a How ?: " things at large " have a How ? only . In " Unconscious Memory " the allurements of unitary or monistic views have gained the upper hand , and Butler writes ( p . 15 ...
Page xxiii
... give him in the lives of others that immortality for which alone he craved . Lamarckian views have never lacked defenders here and in America . Of the English , Herbert Spencer , who however , was averse to the vitalistic attitude ...
... give him in the lives of others that immortality for which alone he craved . Lamarckian views have never lacked defenders here and in America . Of the English , Herbert Spencer , who however , was averse to the vitalistic attitude ...
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acquired ancestors animals antecedents appeared become bees Bewusstsein birds body brain Buffon called cells chapter Charles Darwin chrysalis circumstances clairvoyance conclusion connection conscious deliberation cycle edition eggs embryonic Erasmus Darwin Erewhon Ernst Krause evolution Ewald Hering existence experience explanation fact follow Francis Darwin germ Habit Hartmann Hellsehen heredity hypothesis idea individual instinctive action kind knowledge Kosmos Krause Krause's article Lamarck larvæ less living manner means mechanism mind MNEME modification molecules natural selection nerve nest offspring once opinion organised matter organism Origin of Species parent passage perception personal identity phenomena Philosophy physiologist present processes Professor Hering Professor Hering's lecture Professor Huxley purpose quoted Ray Lankester reader recollection referred regard remember repetition reproduction Review Samuel Butler scientific sensation stimulus substance suppose theory thing thought tion translation Unconscious Memory variations vibrations Wallace whole words writing