 | 1874 - 618 lehte
...the organism. If, therefore, we have traced our force, however minute, to an origin in our own will, it does not seem an improbable conclusion that all...higher intelligences, or of one Supreme Intelligence. Those ideas appear to be more legitimate deductions from the facts of science than those which consist... | |
 | Janet Oppenheim - 1985 - 536 lehte
...and that, fundamentally, "all force may be willforce." If all force were will-force, he continued, "the whole universe is not merely dependent on, but...higher intelligences or of one Supreme Intelligence." Since single molecules lacked consciousness, no combination of them, no matter how complex, "could... | |
 | Robert J. Richards - 1987 - 719 lehte
...readers have already discerned, were not bound hypothesis, perhaps even suggesting it to his friend: "If, therefore, we have traced one force, however...universe is not merely dependent on, but actually K, the will of higher intelligences or of one Supreme Intelligence." See Alfred Wallace, Contributions... | |
 | Michael Shermer - 2001 - 368 lehte
...consciousness or any apparent will, in such purely automatic organisms." Therefore, Wallace concludes, "it does not seem an improbable conclusion that all...the WILL of higher intelligences or of one Supreme Intelligence."23 Clearly Wallace is arguing from a naturalistic position to a supernaturalistic one,... | |
 | Michael Shermer - 2002 - 448 lehte
...apparent will, in such purely automatic organisms." Thus, Wallace deduces, finishing in a poetic flourish: If, therefore, we have traced one force, however minute,...noblest truth of philosophy: God of the Granite and the Rose! Soul of the Sparrow and the Bee! The mighty tide of Being flows Through countless channels, Lord,... | |
 | Martin Fichman - 2010 - 393 lehte
...consciousness are different manifestations—may be ultimately reducible to "will-force; and thus, . . . the whole universe is not merely dependent on, but...higher intelligences or of one Supreme Intelligence" (Wallace [1891] 1969,207-212). Wallace's position at this juncture in his career seems anomalous. He... | |
 | 1874 - 812 lehte
...events," and concludes : " If we have traced one force, however minute, to an origin in our own in'lI, while we have no knowledge of any other primary cause...universe is not merely dependent on, but actually t's, the WlLL of higher intelligences, or of one supreme intelligence " (p. 368). 2 From a manuscript... | |
 | William Lonsdale Watkinson, William Theophilus Davison - 1871 - 552 lehte
...our own will is the only primary cause of force of which we have any knowledge ; and then adds :] " It does not seem an improbable conclusion that all...higher intelligences, or of one Supreme Intelligence. . . . Matter as an entity distinct from force, does not exist ; FOKCE is a product of MIND. Philosophy... | |
 | 1870 - 958 lehte
...guides the development of many animal and vegetable forms." He also argues that " all force is probably will-force ; " and thus, that " the whole universe...higher intelligences, or of one Supreme Intelligence." We cite a few paragraphs from the part of his argument based on a comparison of the brains of Man and... | |
 | 1912 - 912 lehte
...beauties, its harmonies, are manifestations of His wisdom and power, or, in the words nearly of Wallace, that the whole universe is not merely dependent on, but actually is, the Will of one Supreme Intelligence, Nature, with Man as its culminant species, is no longer a mystery."'1 These... | |
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If, therefore, we have traced one force, however minute, to an origin in our own WILL, while we have no knowledge of any other primary cause of force, it does not seem an improbable conclusion that all force may be will-force; and thus, that the whole... 
