Animal IntelligenceD. Appleton, 1884 - 520 pages |
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... reason of my entering into greater detail with some natural groups than with others scarcely requires explana- tion . For it is almost needless to say that if the animal kingdom were classified with reference to Psychology in- stead of ...
... reason of my entering into greater detail with some natural groups than with others scarcely requires explana- tion . For it is almost needless to say that if the animal kingdom were classified with reference to Psychology in- stead of ...
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... reason of this , of course , is that ideas or mental units become fewer and less definite the lower we descend through the structure of mind . It is not my object in the present work to enter upon any analysis of the operations of mind ...
... reason of this , of course , is that ideas or mental units become fewer and less definite the lower we descend through the structure of mind . It is not my object in the present work to enter upon any analysis of the operations of mind ...
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... reason , ' the psychology of an insect is demonstrably a widely different thing from that of a man . Now it is , of course , perfectly true that the less the resemblance the less is the value of any analogy built upon the resemblance ...
... reason , ' the psychology of an insect is demonstrably a widely different thing from that of a man . Now it is , of course , perfectly true that the less the resemblance the less is the value of any analogy built upon the resemblance ...
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... Reason . ' I shall not here enter upon any elaborate analysis of a distinction which is un- doubtedly valid , but shall confine my remarks to ex- plaining the sense in which I shall everywhere use these terms . Few words in our language ...
... Reason . ' I shall not here enter upon any elaborate analysis of a distinction which is un- doubtedly valid , but shall confine my remarks to ex- plaining the sense in which I shall everywhere use these terms . Few words in our language ...
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... reason . As Virchow truly observes , it is diffi- cult or impossible to draw the line between instinctive and reflex action ; ' but at least the difficulty may be narrowed down to deciding in particular cases whether or not an action ...
... reason . As Virchow truly observes , it is diffi- cult or impossible to draw the line between instinctive and reflex action ; ' but at least the difficulty may be narrowed down to deciding in particular cases whether or not an action ...
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Page 360 - ... repast. I had not long habituated him to this taste of liberty, before he began to be impatient for the return of the time when he might enjoy it. He would invite me to the garden by drumming upon my knee, and by a look of such expression as it was not possible to misinterpret.
Page 171 - Maclaurin, by a fluxionary calculation, which is to be found in the Transactions of the Royal Society of London. He has determined precisely the angle required ; and he found, by the most exact mensuration the subject could admit, that it is the very angle in which the three planes in the bottom of the cell of a honeycomb do actually meet.
Page i - ANIMAL LIFE AS AFFECTED BY THE NATURAL CONDITIONS OF EXISTENCE.
Page 359 - ... knee. He was ill three days, during which time I nursed him ; kept him apart from his fellows, that they might not molest him (for, like many other wild animals, they persecute one of their own species that is sick) and, by constant care, and trying him with a variety of herbs, restored him to perfect health. No creature...
Page 11 - For my own part, I look upon it as upon the principle of gravitation in bodies, which is not to be explained by any known qualities inherent in the bodies themselves, nor from any laws of mechanism, but, according to the best notions of the greatest philosophers, is an immediate impression from the first mover, and the divine energy acting in the creatures.