 | 1876 - 592 lehte
...nature is ascertainable by our faculties to an extent ' which is practically unlimited ; the second, that our volition ' counts for something as a condition of the course of events. ' Each of these beliefs can be verified experimentally as often ' as we like to try.' * This is the... | |
 | 1869 - 718 lehte
...stands alone as a force which we are free to exert in any direction we choose. Professor Huxley says, " Volition counts for something as a condition of the course of events." Wo should say it counts for a great deal. It is the link between the material and the immaterial —... | |
 | 1869 - 890 lehte
...joyfully admit that the musician must be a Spirit and Divine ? Professor Huxley distinctly declares that " our volition counts for something as a condition of the course of events." These words are the most valuable and important in his whole address. They are the gleam of light seen... | |
 | George Western Thompson - 1869 - 468 lehte
...where is the unfoldment and progress in system, and always to higher progress and fuller system, and "that our volition counts for something as a condition of the course of events?" Again, Mr. Huxley argues to show that all motion is the result of contractility, in both vegetal and... | |
 | John James Stewart Perowne - 1869 - 168 lehte
...of nature is ascertainable by our faculties to an extent which is practically unlimited ; the second that our volition counts for something as a condition of the course of events." Is it putting an unfair construction upon this remarkable paragraph to say, that Mr Huxley here expressly... | |
 | 1869 - 580 lehte
...nature is ascertainable by our faculties to an extent which is practically unlimited ; the second, that our volition counts for something as a condition of the course of events." This would be fine, if, on his premises, our " volition " were not born of ammonia, etc. MR. HUXLEY... | |
 | John James Stewart Perowne - 1869 - 180 lehte
...nature is ascertainable by our faculties to an extent which is practically unlimited;" and the belief, that "our volition counts for something as a condition of the course of events"? Are these the levers by which we are to move the moral world? Are these the motives which shall lead,... | |
 | John James Stewart Perowne (bp. of Worcester.) - 1869 - 180 lehte
...nature is ascertainable by our faculties to an extent which is practically unlimited;" and the belief, that "our volition counts for something as a condition of the course of events"? Are these the levers by which we are to move the moral world? Are these the motives which shall lead,... | |
 | Alfred Russel Wallace - 1870 - 414 lehte
...organisms. If this were so, our apparent WILL would be a delusion, and Professor Huxley's belief — "that our volition counts for something as a condition of the course of events," would be fallacious, since our volition would then be but one link in the chain of events, counting... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - 1870 - 56 lehte
...nature is ascertainable by our faculties to an extent which is practically unlimited ; the second, that our volition counts for something as a condition of the course of events. Each of these beliefs can be verified experimentally, as often as we like to try. Each, therefore,... | |
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To do this effectually it is necessary to be fully possessed of only two beliefs : the first that the order of nature is ascertainable by our faculties to an extent which is practically unlimited ; the second, that our volition counts for something as... 
