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... properties of any molecule . We are , therefore , unable to ascribe either the ex- istence of the molecules , or the identity of their properties , to the operation of any of the causes which we call natural . The quality of each ...
... properties of any molecule . We are , therefore , unable to ascribe either the ex- istence of the molecules , or the identity of their properties , to the operation of any of the causes which we call natural . The quality of each ...
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... properties , or of a physical side and a spiritual side , making up a double - faced unity . ( BAIN , PROFESSOR ALEXANDER , Mind and Body , 1873 , pp . 130 , 140 , 191 , 196. ) This is precisely the materialism of Professor Bain of Aber ...
... properties , or of a physical side and a spiritual side , making up a double - faced unity . ( BAIN , PROFESSOR ALEXANDER , Mind and Body , 1873 , pp . 130 , 140 , 191 , 196. ) This is precisely the materialism of Professor Bain of Aber ...
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... properties , there has been no design other than that implied in the original constitution of the molecular particles . Of course , it is utterly futile to oppose these views as self - contradictory in the light of the established ...
... properties , there has been no design other than that implied in the original constitution of the molecular particles . Of course , it is utterly futile to oppose these views as self - contradictory in the light of the established ...
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... properties to matter as a mystic , transcendental , double - faced unity ; but , while they use the word " inertia , " their definition of it is not the established one , as is that here employed . By force , I mean that which is ...
... properties to matter as a mystic , transcendental , double - faced unity ; but , while they use the word " inertia , " their definition of it is not the established one , as is that here employed . By force , I mean that which is ...
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... properties of the nervous mechanism no explanation whatever of our consciousness , that , by acts of will , we can originate physical movements , and control the direction of courses of thought . The central part of Tyndall's errors is ...
... properties of the nervous mechanism no explanation whatever of our consciousness , that , by acts of will , we can originate physical movements , and control the direction of courses of thought . The central part of Tyndall's errors is ...
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