...language is used to express, or it may be to conceal, our ideas. Thus Professor Huxley continues that — In itself it is of little moment whether we express...a certain relative" truth. But with a view to the progress of science, the materialistic terminology is in every way to be preferred. (P. 146.) Language...

...spirit are both names for the imaginary substrata of groups of natural phenomena." " In itself it is but of little moment, whether we express the phenomena...in terms of spirit, or the phenomena of spirit in temis of matter." " The extension of the province of what we call matter or causation, and the concomitant...

...no harm can accrue so long as we bear in mind that we are dealing merely with terms and symbols. ln itself it is of little moment whether we express the...has a certain relative truth. But with a view to the progress of science, the materialistic terminology is in every way to be . preferred. For it connects...

...influence. It may be audacious and startling, but not new to say, "We are all children of the sun." " It is of little moment whether we express the phenomena...spirit, or the phenomena of spirit in terms of matter," l if we allow that matter is not a brutal and malignant thing, but that good servant of God by whom...

...influence. It may be audacious and startling, but not new to say, "We are all children of the sun." " It is of little moment whether we express the phenomena...spirit, or the phenomena of spirit in terms of matter," 1 if we allow that matter is not a brutal and malignant thing, but that good servant of God by whom...

...very different from that which is suggested by Professor Huxley, when he says, as quoted above : — ' It is of little moment whether we express the ' phenomena of matter in terms of spirit, or the phe' nomena of spirit in terms of matter Each 'statement has a certain relative truth. But with a '...

...our leading scientists is that it is not independent of matter, but a condition of it. Huxley says, " matter may be regarded as a form of thought; thought may be regarded as a property of matter." GH Lewis: " Life is the dynamic condition of the organisms. H. Spencer: " Life is the continuous adjustment...

...spiritually discerned." (Fragments <>J'Scieit-ce, p. 74.) Professor Huxley says (Lay Sermons, p. 160) : — " In itself it is of little moment whether we express...spirit or the phenomena of spirit in terms of matter But with a view to the progress of Science, the materialistic terminology is in every way to be preferred."...

...influence. It may be audacious and startling, but not new to say — " We are all children of the sun." " It is of little moment whether we express the phenomena...spirit, or the phenomena of spirit in terms of matter," 2 if we allow that matter is not a brutal and malignant thing, but that good servant of God by whom...

...Of the Academical or Sceptical Philosophy," in th« * Inquiry conceraing the Human Understanding." phenomena of spirit, in terms of matter: matter may...thought, thought may be regarded as a property of matter—each statement has a certain relative truth. But with a view to the progress of science, the...