 In affirming that the growth of the body is mechanical, and that thought, as exercised by us, has its correlative in the physics of the brain, I think the position of the " Materialist " is stated as far as that position is a tenable one. I think the...  Reconciliation of Science and Religion - Page 238by Alexander Winchell - 1877 - 403 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1869
...other ; but the ' WHY/ would still remain unanswered. So that, even if again we were to grant that growth of the body is mechanical, and that thought,...us, has its correlative in the physics of the brain, we should still be able, on the same high authority, to maintain that, " as the human mind is at present... | |
 | James Samuelson, William Crookes - 1868 - 664 pages
...intellectually impassable. The speaker concluded this address in the following eloquent words : — " In affirming that the growth of the body is mechanical,...position against all attacks ; but I do not think, as the human mind is at present constituted, that he can pass beyond it. I do not think he is entitled... | |
 | George Moore - 1868 - 456 pages
...and when we hate that the motion is in the other ; but the "WHY?" would still remain unanswered. ' In affirming that the growth of the body is mechanical,...position against all attacks ; but I do not think, as the human mind is at present constituted, that he can pass beyond it. I do not think he is entitled... | |
 | 1868 - 676 pages
...intellectually impassable. The speaker concluded this address in the following eloquent words : — " In affirming that the growth of the body is mechanical,...position against all attacks ; but I do not think, as the human mind is at present constituted, that he can pass beyond it. I do not think he is entitled... | |
 | 1868 - 978 pages
...direction. and when we hate that the motion is in the other; but the "why? "would still remain unanswered. In affirming that the growth of the body is mechanical,...tenable one. I think the materialist will be able linally to maintain this position against all attacks ; but I do not think, as the human mind is at... | |
 | 1868 - 596 pages
...that the motion is in the other; but the " why ?" would still remain unanswered. In affirming that tho growth of the body is mechanical, and that thought,...brain, I think the position of the '-materialist" is'stated as far as that position is a tenable one. I think the materialist will be able finally to... | |
 | 1868 - 358 pages
...and when we hate that the motion is in the other ; but the " WHY ? " would still remain unanswered. In affirming that the growth of the body is mechanical,...thought, as exercised by us, has its correlative in tho physics of the brain, I think the position of the " Materialist " is staled as far as that position... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1869 - 412 pages
...direction, and when we hate that the motion is in the other; but the 'why?' would still remain unanswered. In affirming that the growth of the body is mechanical,...position against all attacks ; but I do not think, as the human mind is at present constituted, that he can pass beyond it. ... "The problem of the connection... | |
 | John James Stewart Perowne - 1869 - 180 pages
...direction, and when we hate that the motion is in the other, but the 'WHY?' would still remain unanswered. In affirming that the growth of the body is mechanical,...this position against all attacks; but I do not think as the human mind is at present constituted, that he can pass beyond it. I do not think he is entitled... | |
 | 1869 - 844 pages
...of reasoning from the one phenomenon to the other. They appear together, but we do not know why. " In affirming that the growth of the body is mechanical,...position against all attacks ; but I do not think, as the human mind is at present constituted, that he can pass beyond it. . . . The problem of the connection... | |
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