...(p. 160), when, with a great effort to ignore the noumenon in the midst of phenomena, he says : — " 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...

...this he returns before the close, with some evidence of keenness of feeling. While he says, that " in itself it is of little moment whether we express...of spirit, or the phenomena of spirit in terms of matter,"J he strenuously urges that all scientific inquiry, whether it concern mental or material existence,...

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

...to confound matter and mind. Professor Huxley, in his paper on the Physical Basis of Life, says, ' Matter may be regarded as a form of thought, thought may be regarded as a property of matter,' and so hopes to justify in some way his hypothesis of the original evolution of life, and even thought,...

...and no harm can accrue, so long as we bear in mind that we are dealing merely with terms and symbols. In itself, it is of little moment whether we express...materialistic terminology is in every way to be preferred ; for it connects thought with the other phenomena of the universe, and suggests inquiry into the nature...

...following from him, as entirely corroborative, so far, of all I require (Fortnightly Review, xxvi.,p. 145): "In itself it is of little moment whether we express...materialistic terminology is in every way to be preferred."— — The same paragraph, however, after a few words of explanation, finishes thus : — " whereas, the...

...it is true, to justify this inaccurate and misleading use of the language. ' In itself,' he says, ' it is of little moment whether we express the phenomena...materialistic terminology is in every way to be preferred. For it connects thought with the other phenomena of the universe, and suggests inquiry into the nature...

...of little moment whether we express the phaenomena of matter in terms of spirit, or the phaenomena of spirit in terms of matter; matter may be regarded...materialistic terminology is in every way to be preferred. . . . Thus there can be little doubt that the further science advances the more extensively and consistently...

...following from him, as entirely corroborative, so far, of all I require (Fortnightly Review, xxvi.,p. 145): "In itself it is of little moment whether we express...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...

...no harm can accrue, so long as we bear in. mind that we are dealing merely with terms and symbols. In itself, it is of little moment whether we express...phenomena of spirit in terms of matter; matter may he regarded as a form of thought, thought 'may be regarded as a property of matter, — each statement...