 | 1871 - 630 lehte
...The following proposition seems to me in a high degree probable — namely, that any animal whatever, endowed with well-marked social instincts, would inevitably...developed, or nearly as well developed, as in man. For, firstly, the social instincts lead an animal to take pleasure in the society of its fellows, to... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1871 - 644 lehte
...enabling him to think concerning these instincts. Hence Mr. Darwin says :— " Any animal whatever, endowed with well-marked social instincts, would inevitably...developed, or nearly as well developed, as in man." The argument is peculiar: — "As soon as the mental faculties had become highly developed, images... | |
 | 1871 - 1202 lehte
...all." Mr. Darwin thinks that " any animal whatever, endowed with well-marked social instincts, wonld inevitably acquire a moral sense or conscience as...developed, or nearly as well developed, as in man." * In enunciating this dictum our author pretty well contradicts himself; for he says, that such a creature... | |
 | 1871 - 608 lehte
...of begging the question at issue, we may quote the following assertion : — ' Any animal whatever, endowed with well-marked social instincts, would inevitably...developed, or nearly as well developed, as in man' (vol. ip 71). This is "either a monstrous assumption or a mere truism ; it is a truism, for of course,... | |
 | 1877 - 506 lehte
...endowed with well-marked social instincts, the parental and filial affections being here included, would inevitably acquire a moral sense or conscience,...soon as its intellectual powers had become as well, or nearly as well, developed, as in man." Now before we can discuss that proposition itself, we must... | |
 | 1871 - 860 lehte
...begging the question at issue, •we may quote the following assertion : — '• Any animal whatever, endowed with •well-marked social instincts, would...developed, or nearly as well developed, as in man " (vol. ip 71). This is either a monstrous assumption or a mere truism; it is a truism, for of course,... | |
 | 1871 - 808 lehte
...proposition," he says, " seems to me in a high degree probable — namely, that any animal whatever, endowed with well-marked social instincts, would inevitably...developed, or nearly as well developed, as in man." For, firstly, the social instincts lead an animal to take pleasure in the society of its fellows, to... | |
 | 1883 - 934 lehte
...have undergone. And the late Mr. Darwin thought it probable in a high degree that any animal whatever, endowed with well-marked social instincts, would inevitably...as well developed, or nearly as well developed, as man's. DAMON. I have the greatest respect for all facts, and consider that we owe much, both to Mr.... | |
 | 1871 - 612 lehte
...of begging the question at issue, we may quote the following assertion : — ' Any animal whatever, endowed with well-marked social instincts, would inevitably...developed, or nearly as well developed, as in man' (vol. ip 71). This is either a monstrous assumption or a mere truism ; it is a truism, for of course,... | |
 | 1871 - 650 lehte
...of begging the question at issue, we may quote the following assertion : — ' Any animal whatever, endowed with wellmarked social instincts, would inevitably...developed, or nearly as well developed, as in man' (vol. ip 71). This is either a monstrous assumption or a mere truism ; it is a truism, for of course,... | |
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The following proposition seems to me in a high degree probable — namely, that any animal whatever, endowed with well-marked social instincts, the parental and filial affections being here included, would inevitably acquire a moral sense or conscience,... 
