 | 1897 - 574 pagina’s
...matter, motion, and force,' as, eg, those of Mr. Herbert Spencer, break down. His account of life as ' The definite combination of heterogeneous changes,...correspondence with external co-existences and sequences,' is probably to most living men utterly meaningless. But so far as by mental effort it can be understood,... | |
 | Nathan Howard (Jr.) - 1872 - 646 pagina’s
...of Coffey agt. The Home Life Ins. Co. the greatest of modern thinkers. It is, that life consists in the definite combination of heterogeneous changes,...correspondence with external co-existences and sequences, or, in other words, in the continuous adjustment of internal relations to external relations. Consequently... | |
 | Joseph Cook - 1877 - 360 pagina’s
...what life means ; but we all understand very well what the thing is. Herbert Spencer defines life as " The definite combination of heterogeneous changes,...correspondence with external co-existences and sequences." This definition has been very much admired; and I suppose you all understand what it means. The latest... | |
 | Joseph William Reynolds - 1878 - 552 pagina’s
...has his being in God. Mr Herbert Spencer, finding fault with various definitions of life, says — "Life is the definite combination of heterogeneous...correspondence with external co-existences and sequences." Mr GH Lewes states — " Life is the co-ordination of actions, both of structure and composition, which... | |
 | Joseph William Reynolds - 1878 - 552 pagina’s
...composition, which take place within an individual without destroying its identity." The larger formula, " Life is the definite combination of heterogeneous...correspondence with external co-existences and sequences" — maybe approved by some. Others choose, as simpler, " Life — including intelligence as the highest... | |
 | 1884 - 382 pagina’s
...differing manifestations of vitality, Mr. Spencer incorporates them in his proximate definition, " Life is the definite combination of heterogeneous changes, both simultaneous and successive." But in conclusion he declares the definition to be essentially defective, omitting the peculiarity... | |
 | Joseph Cook - 1879 - 302 pagina’s
...platform]. Aristotle defined life as " the cause of form in organisms." Herbert Spencer defines it as " the definite combination of heterogeneous changes,...correspondence with external co-existences and sequences." I prefer Aristotle's definition. It has been a part of the audacity of this platform, to define life... | |
 | Joseph Henry Gilmore - 1888 - 160 pagina’s
...constituents of consciousness," is defective just here. Also, Herbert Spencer's definition of Life as "the definite combination of heterogeneous changes,...correspondence with external coexistences and sequences." (5) The definition must not be negative when it can be positive. A negative definition is valueless... | |
 | James Hinton - 1879 - 448 pagina’s
...completeness to our ideas. Previous formulas need not detain us now. Mr. Spencer's is, as we have seen, " the definite combination of heterogeneous changes,...correspondence with external coexistences and sequences." In framing this definition, Mr. Spencer proceeds upon the plan (which he counsels for general adoption)... | |
 | Samuel Davey - 1879 - 302 pagina’s
...is, and all our attempted explanations fall short of explanation. " Life," says Herbert Spencer, " is the definite combination of heterogeneous changes,...successive, in correspondence with external coexistences and sequerlces." This is an explanation which, like all others of the same kind, requires explanation.... | |
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is a definite combination of heterogeneous changes, both simultaneous and successive, in correspondence with external coexistences and sequences. 
