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Wherever anything lives, there is, open somewhere, a register in which time is being inscribed.Creative Evolution (1911), ch. I, trans. Arthur Mitchell

Schl-ras in the primitive Im- Splno^a and. 269 ^^^

pulsion of lite Effort In evolution, 170 ^^H

Blvaralty. sensible. 205, 220-1. £ido3 314-5 ^^^H

331. 235. 336 Elmer. 55, 72, 73. 86 I^^H

Divination, Instinct as. 17S. SeB Elaborateneaa of the mattMH^^H

Sympathy, etc. eal order. 208-10, 217, 161 |

Dlvlslblllly of extension. 154. 102 Elcallc philosophy, 308, 314-6

DlvlsoQ SB function of Intellect, Emanation, logical thought an,

162. 164. 162-3, 1B9 Issue, aspect or deposit of

of labor, 99, 110. IIB, 157. 166, lite, Ix. xll, xlll, 49

260 Embroidering "aomething" on

of labor in cells. 166 the canvas of "nothing." 397

Dog and man, consclDusneBS In, Embroidery by deacendanli on

e canvas handed down by

Dogmatism of the ancient eplate-

molofry contrasted with the

relativism of the modem. 330

of Lelbnli and Spinoza. 366-7

skepticism, and relativism, 196-

Dors and the law of correlation,

Domefltication of animals and heredity. SO

Dominants of Relnke. 42 nots

Dorfmelster. 72

Dream. 144, 180-1. 202, SOS. 266.
Bet Interpenelratlon. Relaxa-
tion. Detention, Recollection
aa relaxation. 202

DHeach, 41 noM

Drosera, 107. 101, 10*

Embryo, IS. 19, 26, 37. 75, 81. 19.

101. 166 Kmbryogeny. comparative, and

Embryonic life, 27, 166

Empirical study of evolution th«
centre of the theory of know-
ledge and of the theory of
life. 178
theories of knowledge. 106

Empty, thinking the full by means of the empty, STS-4

End In Eleallc phlloBophy. 114-6 of science Is practical utility.

Eventual actions, 11, 9E. Bee

Posalblo activity of apecles product of the vital

BiTolutlon, U'^tv. IS. !0. 12, 2i, Impetus opposed by matter,

2s. 26-7. 37, *B-66. 63, Bs, 79 3<7-8, £54

note, S4-S, 97-10&. 107, IIJ, i

IIG, 126. 127, 123-30, 131-2. unforeseEable, 47. tS. S3. U,

14B. 1«I. 166. 167. 168-72, 173, variation In, 23-4, GS. 63, 68, Tl

ZGi, 264. 264-6, 268, 273, SOI, extensive motion 302-3, 311.

accident In. 104, 16B. 170. 173, superiority. 133-B. 174-6. Baa

174, 261. 152 Success,

animal, a prosress tonard mo- tlonary rank, Culmlnatlns

Mllty, 131 poIntB, etc.

anUgonletIc tendencies In, 103. Evolution lam. i-xll, ilv, 77, 84,

113, Ise 364

; and determinate. Is Exhauslloa ot the mutability of

action being undone. 2<8 the universe. 337-8

blind alleys of, 129 Existence, logical, as contrasted

circularity of each apecla]. 128 with psychical and physical,

complementarity of the diver- 2TS. 362

Eent lines of, 97-102. 103, lit ot matter tends loivard instao-

conceptually Inexpressible. 49, ta-nelty, 201

superaddltlon of, upon oothlnx-

382 Index ^^^^B

ExpectHtlon (Continued) compared, 60, TS. TT, t^^^^^l

In conception ot disorder, tSl, ^^^^1

222. 326. 223, 234. Z3G. SU Fabre, 172 nots

In conception of void or naught, Fabrication. Sea Construction

3ii, 2»2 Fallacies, two fundamental. 372

Experience, 138. 147, 177. 197, 204, 273

229, 121. S&4, 3SS. 383, 3SS Fallacy ot tblnklne belne by nol-

ExplOBlon, lUuBtratlnB cause br being. Z7fi, 277, 384, Ze7-S

release. 73 of thinking Uie full by the emp-

KxploBlve character of animal ty. 273-C

enere>-. 116. IIH, 120. 2*t ot tlilnklng motion by the

planls and use by antmala, Fallibility of Instinct. 172-)

246. 354 Falling back of matter upon con-

Bxtenslon. 149. 154. 161, 20£, 203, sclousness. 2H

207, 211. 223, 236. 246, 313-20. bodies, comparison of Aristotle

continuity of. 1G4 weight, figure of material

discontinuity of. relative to Be- world, 346. 246

tlon, 1B4. Ifl2 Familiar, the. la the ohject of la-

■s the distance between what tellect. 163, 184, 199, 170

IB and what ought to be. 318 Faraday. 203

divisibility of, 154. 16! Fasting. In reference to primacy

the moat general property of of Dervous system over the

matter. 154, 250, 2Gt other physiological ayBtems,

■Ion. 245 Fauna, menace of torpor In

Of knowledge, 150 primitive. 130

In IJelbnlz'B philosophy, 361, Feeling In the conception o(

352 chance, 207

of matter In space, 204, 311 and Instinct. 143, 174-5

In the philosophy of Ideas. 318- Fenclng-maaler. Illitatratlng tie-

9, 323-4. 327 redltary Iranstnlsslon. 79

and relaxation, 202. 207, 206, Ferments, certain characteristics

211. 212, 218. 223. 245 Of, 106

In Spinoza'a philosophy. 360 Fer(ill2Htlon of orchids by

In the Transcendental Aea- Insects, by Darwin. 170

Ihetic, 203 note

unity of. 168-B Ftchte'a conception of the talol-

BS weakening of the esaence of lect. 189-90, 167

being. In Plodnus. 210 »io(B FlllneB. iron. In Illustration of

Extensive, evolutionary and the relation of structure to

qualitative motion, 302-S. 311. function. 94, 96

312 Film, clnematoeraphk. figure ot

External conditions In evolution, abstract motion, 304-6

171, 133, 137, 141-2. 150-1. 167. Final cause. 40. 46, 234. 32G

183. 170, 1S2. 193, 252. 2&6. 257 conception of. Involves eon-

nnallty. 41 ceptlon of mechanical cause,

Externality of concepts. 160. 1S8. (4

174. 177. 199, 261. 305. 311-4 Ood as. In Aristotle, S23-)

the most general property ot Flnsllsm. 39-53, 53. 14. 88-97. 101-

from Intemsllzed, 147. 166. 224. 268

See -"omnambullBm. etc., external and Internal, It

Automatic activity, etc. mlstlt for the <rlt»l, ITT, ISI*<

Eye of motluac and vert«brBt« tIS, tit

VInaltty (Continued)

uid the unforeseeableneaB oE life. 1B4,

Flachel. T5

In UIuBtratlon ot anlmsl

tendency to mobility, 130, 131 Fltatlon of nutritive elements.

107-9, 113. 117. 2(6, 21 T. 253 Plxlty, 108-

Porni (Oonttnued)

239, SBO In knowledge, 1S6,

iBpahot view of traneltlOD. knowledee. 162

See Torpor

Forms of sensibility. 361

apparent or relative. 16S

FoHsll species. 102

plants. 108. Ill, ISO

Fon In IlluHtratlon of HnimftI In-

of exlenalon, 1B&

tel lisence, 138

of plants. 108-13, 113. 119. 130-1

Frames of the understanding, «■-

oC torpid anlmalB. 130

Flint hatchets and liuman Intel -

ligenoe, 137

3E8. Hi

Fluidity of life, IBS. 165. 193

fit the Inert. 137. 218

of matter as a wKole. 186. 389

Flux of material bodies. 265

mlBftt for the vital. ». xlli. xlv.

Of reality. 250. 261. 331. 34S,

*6, 48, 173. 177. 197-B. 22S,

Flying arrow of Zeno. 308. 309,

Focallzatlon of personality, SOI Food, lOe-9. 113-). 117, 120. 121,

2*9, 247. 2E4 Foramlnlfera, failure

3 Of Vital force.

afdrcned by c

Fore!. 176 note animal characteristic rather

FareseeinB, S, 28, 29. 30, 37, 4E. 47. than veeelable, 129-30

9S. See Unforeseeableness caprlee attribute not of, but of

Form, xl, 61. 101, 104. 113. 116-8. mechanism, 47

160, 164, 19S-7, 222, 237. 260. . neas with, 111, 112. 302. 264.

341. S5T. iG«. 391, 362 of creation and lite, 247, 2G4,

OHnplementarlty of forms 26B

evolved, xl. 51. lOI. 104. 113. ereatlveness of. 233. 239. 24S

•spanalon of the forms of can- 349

•clousness, xU, xlll as eRIcient causallly, !T7

Function (Cantlnved)
□f IntelllEencf
sctloD by perception,

of Intelll^nce: repetition. 161.

139, 114-6 □f Intellisence: retroBpectlon,

47, 217 ot intelllBence: connertine smaie

with same, 1S9, 333, ITO of Inteltleence:

rhythm of the unLverse, 3*6 Of Intelligence: tactuBllzlng all

perception, 168 of Intelligence: i

bratea and n

Freedom (Coxttoued) tendency ot. to self-negation In

liablt. 127
tenalon of. ZOO. 201. 102. 207.
223. =37, 301

natormed by the under -
■landing Into neceaalty. 270
Bee Spontaneity
Fringe of Intelligence around la-
Btinct, 136
o( Intuition around Intellect,

III. xlll, 46
Of poBBlble action around real
acUon, ns, 27!
Froth, alveolar. In Imlution of

organic phenomena, 33-4 Full, fallacy of thinking the, by

Of energy the
(unction of vegetable organ-
lama, 261. 256
action the, of Intellect. Ix, 12,
44, 47, 93, 161. 16i. 186-8. 206,

^nattzation or

energy, 93, 110, 126. 2&E. 266 carbon and the. of organisms.

lOT. 113. Ill, 117, ZGl, ZG6 Chlorophylllan, 107-9, 111. 117.

216. 251 capt- making the. Of Intol-

organiam.

lotion of energy. 93, 110. lit. 2C5. 256

t the organlBin. carhon In. lOT, 113, 114. 117, 2G4. £66

organism. chlorophTlliaa
function, 107-9, 114, IIT, 14«,
247. 254

organism, primary func-
tlona of life: aloraee and ex-
penditure of energy. 264-6

'egctabte: ac- lUlation of energy, 264.

of phlloaophy: adoption of lh«

evolutionary

life and consclousnes
of aclence. 168. 346
sketching i

consclouan and Btructure, 66. 62. 6(. «». 74.

133, 110. 141, 166, 142. UO,

.Ing ail perception the.

^^^^^r INDEX 385 ^1

Okllleo, bomogenefly of time In,

Geometry, {ConNnued) ^^^^|

goal of Intellectual operatlona, ^^^^M

his Influence on taeupbyalcs.

20. ZtS

Ideal limit of Induction and da- ^^^^H

hlH Influence on modem iiclence.

duGllon. See ^^^^^H

Space. Descending movement ^^^^^H

extenilon ot Galileo's chyaics,

modern, compared with ancient, ^^^^H

Ub theory or the fall of bodlo.

compared wUh Artatotle"8,

natural, lfi4, ^^^^H

Qanold breastplate of ancient

^ mobility. L30. 131

m Oaudry, 130 note

^1 Oenera. relation of, to Indlvldu-

eclentlnc, 161. 211 ^^^H

y al«. 326

Germ, accidental predisposition B^^H

of. In Nea-Darwlnlam, ISB, ^^^^H

potential. 226-7

Oerm- plasm, continuity of, 27, ^^^^^H

and slsne, 159

Qenerallty. ambiguity of the Idea

Glard. 34 ^^^H

QlucoBB In organic function, in, ^^^H

repetition , 230. 231

dlsUneulshed trom tranBference

o( alffn. 163

Ood, aa activity. 249 ^^^^H

■^ Id the vital and mathematical

of ArlBlotle, 19S. 322, 326, 349, ^^^H

B orders, 324, 225, 230

36s-7 ^^^H

^m Ocneiic. type of the: similarity of

ascent toward. In Aristotle's ^^^^H

^P structure between eeneratlne

philosophy, ^^^H

^ and eenerated. 223. 22*

circularity of God's thought. In ^^^^H

G«iieBls, xlll. ilv. 163, 196-199.

Arlatotte'a phlloaophy. 321 ^^^^H

of Intellect iHl. ilv, 163, 188,

in Sescartea'a philosophy, 34*. ^^^H

187. ISO. 193, 194. 196.7, 207,

as efflclent cause In AHstotte'i ^^^^H

of knowledge, 191

Of matter, lUI, ilv. 163. 18S.

as hypostasis of the unity of ^^^^H

nature, 196. 322, 367 ^^^H

In Leibnia'a philosophy. 361, ^^^H

OenuB. See Genera

Geometrical, the, Ih the object

as pure form. 19«-7, ^^^^|

of the Intellect, 190

Oeometrlcal order aa a diminu-

tion or lower complication of

Greek philosophy. Bee Ancient ^^^^|

the vital, 233, ;25, 336, 330.

philosophy ^^^^H

ate Genera, Relation of, to

Green parts of plants, 107-9, 114, ^^^H

laws

mutual contingency of. and

Growing old. IG ^^^H

Growth, creation is, 240-1. 27fi ^^^M

See Mathematical order

and novelty. 231 ^^^^1

•puce, relation of, to the spa-

of the powers of life. 133, IM-C ^^^H

tlallty of thlnes, 203

realltv 237 ^^^H

of the universe. 343. 34G ^^^H

^ lect. 1S4, 211-3

Guenn. P., 63 nole ^^^^1

Guinea-pig. in illustratloD ot ^^^^1

Rabtt and consclouEneaa an- nulled, 143

form of knowledge a habit or bent ot attention. 118

and heredity, 78. B3, 169. 170.
173. Set Acquired characterB,
Inheritance of

Instinct as an Intellleent, 1T3-*

and Invention in anlrals. 264

and Invention I

tendency ot freedom to self-

neeatlon In, IST-S

Harmony between Instinct and

life, and between Inteltlgence

and the Inert. 187. 19t-6. 188

of the organic world IB comple-

orlglnal Impulae EO. El, 103.

Human (ConNnueJ)

187. 138. 181, IBS. Sit

Invention, relatton of. to habit ZS4. S«5

Lguage, IE 7- 8 tellect and manufacture. 137.

Ity In evolution. 134, l37-».

8e» CulmlnatloE point*.

Huxley, 38
Hydra, and Indlilduallty. 13
OUt} Of Aristotle. 3B1
Hymenoptera. the culmination of
arthropod and Initlnctlva

as entomoloBlBtH, 148. 172-3
Organlistlon and Instinct In, 140
paralyzluE Instinct of, 148, 11;.

ROclal InstlnclB of. 101. ITl
Hypoataala of the unity of na-
ture, God as. 18S-T. 322. iSS
Hypothetical propaeltlons charac-
teristic of Intellectual know-
ledge. HS-GO

phlloso-

Imaee In Descartes. 280

and reallBts alike u^
the poMlbllity of an ab-
ot order. 230. 332
Identical structures In dlverKRit
"nes of evolution. E6. «0-l. GS.
I. 74-7. 88. 119
llumlnallon of action lh« func-
n of perception. E, EOS. SO?
and Idea In Descartes. IM
dlstlneulshed

I expectallon, 214-6

e Ideal limit of. 214-

S, 361. Sea Space, Geometry.

Reasoning. "Descending"

movement of matter, etc.
and masnltode, Z15. 216
rAiHtltlon the characteristic

function of Intellect. 164, 13S.

206-lfi and apace. 316. Sea Space aa

the [deal limit. Sj-alema. etc.
IndUBlry. Ix. 161. 162. 164
Inert matter and action. 96. 136,

in. ISG, 1ST. 198. 226, 367
In Arlatotle. 316. S2T. 363
bodlea. T, S. 12. 14. 20. 21. 166,

lEB, 1T4. 196, IgB. 139. 204,

300. 341. 342, 346-8. 260 Creation of. Bee Inert matter

the Inversion of Ufa
nui of. 136, 266. ST2. 369
and form, 149. 143. 167, Z39. 260
seneslB of. 183
homosenelty of. 1 66
lmlt»tlon of living m*tter by,

33. 36. 36 Imitation of physical order by

VIUI. 220
Inatanlanelty of, 10. 201
and Intellect. Ix. 31, 141. 16»-62.

164. 166. 167-9. ITS. IT«, 191.

SOG-IE, ZK-9. 224. 26-4, 270.

lis, 369 the Inversion or Intemipllon of

lite. 93, 94. 93, 99, 129-9. 163.

in, 186, 189, 190, 196. ]»7. 201, . 216-9. 221. 236. !S«.

Inert matter (Continued)

376, 319. S39-4D. 346. Aaa In- ert matter, order Inherent la

knowledge of, approximate but not relative. 206

the metaphysics and the phy- sics of. IBS-a

aa necessity, 262, 264

the order inherent In, 10, 101,
163. 201. 207-12. 216, 328-7.
230-6. 246, 251, 263, 2T4. 319-20.
8ce Inert matter. Invenlon of
life

and perception, 12, 20G. Sit

and the psychical, 201. 302, lOS. 263, 270, 360. 367

solidarity of the parts of. 188. 202, 207, 241, 261-9. 270. 271,

and space, 10, 163. 199. 304-11. 214. 244. 260. 261. 267

In Spencer's philosophy. Its

Infant. Intelligence In, 14T. 148
Inference a beginning of Inven-
tion. 138
Inferiority In evolutionary rank.

1T4-6
InHuence, possible, 11, 189
Infusoria, conjugation of. 16
development of the eye from
Its stage In. 60-1. 72, IS. 34