 | 1876 - Страниц: 592
...cessary to be possessed of only two beliefs : the first, that the ' order of nature is ascertainable by our faculties to an extent ' which is practically...verified experimentally as often ' as we like to try.' * This is the most direct, as it seems the * Professor Huxley's Lay Sermon ' On the Physical Basis... | |
 | 1886 - Страниц: 400
...— a belief which, he said, " can be verified experimentally as often as we like to try, and which, therefore, stands upon the strongest foundation upon...belief can rest, and forms one of our highest truths." * And I appeal to the consciousness of every one of you, whether it does not give you the most distinct... | |
 | 1869 - Страниц: 718
...stands alone as a force which we are free to exert in any direction we choose. Professor Huxley says, " Volition counts for something as a condition of the course of events." Wo should say it counts for a great deal. It is the link between the material and the immaterial —... | |
 | 1869 - Страниц: 890
...joyfully admit that the musician must be a Spirit and Divine ? Professor Huxley distinctly declares that " our volition counts for something as a condition of the course of events." These words are the most valuable and important in his whole address. They are the gleam of light seen... | |
 | John James Stewart Perowne - 1869 - Страниц: 168
...necessary to be fully possessed of only two beliefs : the first, that the order of nature is ascertainable by our faculties to an extent which is practically...something as a condition of the course of events." Is it putting an unfair construction upon this remarkable paragraph to say, that Mr Huxley here expressly... | |
 | 1869 - Страниц: 580
...necessary to be possessed of only two beliefs : the first, that the order of nature is ascertainable by our faculties to an extent which is practically...something as a condition of the course of events." This would be fine, if, on his premises, our " volition " were not born of ammonia, etc. MR. HUXLEY... | |
 | John James Stewart Perowne (bp. of Worcester.) - 1869 - Страниц: 180
...necessary to be fully possessed of only two beliefs : the first, that the order of nature is ascertainable by our faculties to an extent which is practically...something as a condition of the course of events." Is it putting an unfair construction upon this remarkable paragraph to say, that Mr Huxley here expressly... | |
 | John James Stewart Perowne - 1869 - Страниц: 180
...necessary to be fully possessed of only two beliefs : the first, that the order of nature is ascertainable by our faculties to an extent which is practically...something as a condition of the course of events." Is it putting an unfair construction upon this remarkable paragraph to say, that Mr Huxley here expressly... | |
 | George Western Thompson - 1869 - Страниц: 468
...where is the unfoldment and progress in system, and always to higher progress and fuller system, and "that our volition counts for something as a condition of the course of events?" Again, Mr. Huxley argues to show that all motion is the result of contractility, in both vegetal and... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - 1869 - Страниц: 30
...^extejitjtvhich is pi'f'£ÍÍ£;]JjJ»>¿¿|j>n^ the seconJ^tlia^jQjjr.^-oJU tlon cmints Jb^some^Iu^^^ of events.' Each of these beliefs can be verified experimentally, as often au we like to try. Each, therefore, stands upon the strongest foundation upon which any belief can... | |
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... duty of each and all of us is to try to make the little corner he can influence somewhat less miserable and somewhat less ignorant than it was before he entered it. To do this effectually it is necessary to be fully possessed of only two beliefs:... 
