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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

and mechanical explanations.

34. 36
vegetable function In, 116
Inheritance of acquired charac-
ters. See Hereditary trana-
m [salon
mate knowledge, 146-7. 160-1
inaleness of the categortea. 1(8,

149-60 morgan la matter. Gee Inert

laecllvorous plants. 107-9

apogee of Instinct In hymeoop- ters, 134. 1T3-4

consciousness and Instinct 116. 167. ITS

continuity of Instinct wltb or- ganization, 1>9, Its

fallibility of Instinct In, ITl-J In general in, 1S9. I7I-4

InaectB (Contina§d)
laneuBiSe oC anU, 15T-S
object or Inatinct In. 146
paralyzlns Insllncl In. 146. 171.

from plants, ITO
In cells, 166
and consciousness. 143-5, 166.

167, 17S, 174. 175. ISa culmination of. In evolution,

133. 174-6. See Arttiropoda In
evolution, Evolutionary su-
periority
raiiibiiity of, 171-4

In Insects In eeneral, 169. 173-t and intelllsence. xll. EI. 100.

14G. ISO, 163. 159. lES-TO, 173-

ZG4, 25 G, 259. 267. 268. 343.

B, 186. 1E9, 195. 334. 254 and organization. 23-4, 133-40,

194, 2B4 paralyzlnK. In certain hymen-

optera. 146. 171. 172-3
In plants. 170. 171
social, of Inaecta. 101, 15T-3. 171
Instinctive knowledge, 148. 167,

168, 173-4
leamlnK. 193
metaphysics, 192, 269. 270. 277

iDStnimenl, action as. ot con-

t of voluntary. 2G2

Ttl-

Inatrument (Oontinued)
Inlelllgence: tbe function of In-
tel Ueence 19 to conatruct
Inatrumenta, 159, 192-3
IntclIlEence traneforma life Into

of Inatinct, 140-1.

i4e.

Intellect and action, \x. It, 29.
44-8, 93, 116, 142, 152-7. 162,
179, 1S6, 187. 192, 105, 1B7-8,
219, 220, 226-9, ZGl, 270. 273,
297-9. 301. 302. 306, 329. 346-7

In I

FIchte-a conception of the, 189. 190, 357

function of tho, 6, 11. 12, 44-
GO, 92, 93, 126, 137-45, 149-60,
162-4. 168. 174, 176. 181, 187-
99, 204-8. 214-9, 229, 233. 237,
241, 242. 246, 347, 251. 170. 290.
2«S, 299, 318. 336. 337, 341, 342.
347. 34S 356. 357

genesis of the, xl-xv. 49. 103,
104-G. I26-T, 152. 153. 186. 187,
189, 193. 194. 195, 193, 207.
247-9, 358, 369. 366

11, 12. 46, 49. 51, 86, ' Ss'-Sl! 93, 94. 103-4, 113, 116-3. 129. 13E, 133, 135, 136, 139-43, KG. 167. 161, 168-80, 181, 183. 184. 185. 190-204. 207-12. 216-S. 221. 223, 226-6, 230-3. 235, 236, 238, 245-52. 254-9, 264. 267-71. 276, 277. 813, 330, 339, 342-5, 361. 3«9

and language, 4, 118, 163-60,
2eS. SAG. 292, 303, 304. 312.
313. 126

1 of t

Intellect (CTonHnued)

intelllsence (ConMnued)

6. Sea Superiority
gentala of, 136. 17T-8. S«< '
and the "

230, 23T. 250. 369, 370
mechanlBm of, 153, 153, 164, 165
and motion, 153. 159-60. !Tt,

303-7, 313. 313, 329 object of, 146-66. 161, 162. 176,

179. 260 practical r

9. Ill, 150-1. 247-B, 306, 306,

328-9 and reality. Ix-xv, 161-2. 177,

23T. 251, 268, 269, 271. 3DT
and science. 175, 176. 193. 194-S
and nigna. IGT. IGS, 169. 160
and apace. 205
See Intellect. UnderetandlDS,

Reason Intelligent, the, contrasted with

the merely Intelligible. 175 IntelliBimo reality It

losophy. 316-T

Intel liglbles of Plotinus. 363 Intension of knovledRe. 149-60

with ratio of poialble

Intention as contrasted wllh
i. 8«e AatO<
irder. Willed order
of lire the object of Instinct,

In representation at "nought" Bat Affection, r6la

^^^^^^^ Index 391 ^^1

H POtltlvlty. :ig, 346. 24T-S. 318-

Janet. Paul, note ^^^^|

^T ZO. aes Inverse relation, etc

Jennings, 35 note ^^^^H

^ Interval of lime. 8-9. S3. 33

Jourdaln and the two kinds of ^^^H

between what Is done and what

might be done covered by

JuxtapoalClon, 207-8, 33S. 338, ^^^H

341. Cf. Succession ^^^^H

Intuition, continuity between sen-

sible and ultra -Intellectual,

Kaleidoscopic variation, 74 ^^^|

Kant, antinomies of, 204-S, 206 ^^^H

becoming In Kant's successors, ^^^H

alon Of Intuition

coincidence of matter with ^^^^1

■^ Irlnee of. around the nucleus

space In Kant's philosophy, ^^^^^|

^m at Intellect, xlU. 12. IG, 49,

construction the method ot ^^^H

and InsUnct, 1T6.9, 182

Kant's Euccessora, 364-5 ^^^H

degrees ot being in Kant's suo- ^^^^H

paycholOBy. 207-8

metaphysics contrasted with In-

duration In Kane's auccesaort, ^^^H

tellectual or syalematlc. 191-2.

vlcloua Circle o(, 191-4. 1J5-

onlologlcal argument In Kant'fl ^^^H

philosophy. 285 ^^^H

Intultlonlsm In Splnoia. 34T-8

space and time In Kant's phll- ^^^H

and tntellectuallsin la Des-

onophy. ^^^H

and Spencer, 3G4 ^^^H

5eB Ulnd and matter. Sensuous ^^^H

treedom. 364, 37o.i

nuinlfold. Thing- In -Itself ^^H

creaUvenesB of, 164, 237, 340,

disproportion between, and [la

Kepler. 223-9. 332-E ^^^H

B^fOluUon as. 102-3. 255, 344-G

criticism of. 193-4 ^^^H

fervor of. 164

discontinuity of. 306 ^^^^M

tndlvialblllly of. 1«4

Intereneo a beBlnoIng of. 13S

[orm o(. 148. 194-6. 3Gg-JtI ^^^H

formal. 152 ^^^H

genesis 190 ^^^H

Ins. 138-9

Innate or natural, 146-GO ^^^H

time aa. 341

Instinct In, 143, 144, 166-9, 178, ^^^M

unforeseeablenesB of. 164

upsprlnglng o(. 164

Intellect In, li-iv. 43. 149, 161- ^^^H

See New

4. 1T7, 179, 193-t, 196-9. 106-T. ^^^H

Inverse relation of the physical

208. 218. 23t. 238, 261, 270, ^^^H

and psychical. 126-J, 143-4,

306, 806. 313. 313. Sig. 31t. ^^^|

14E, lTS-4, 177-8. 201. 202. 206-

H T. 308. 210-1, 212. 217. 218. 222,

intension 149-60 ^^^M

oC reality viewed as the Intern- ^^^^H

Ito. 319-20

allty or subject In object, ^^^^|

35s-9 ^^^H

Repetition

Intuition and Intellect In theo- ^^^^1

Isolated ayatems of matter, 204,

346, 347-». See Bodies

matter 191-5, 8fiT-S, SBS-M ^^H

XJfe (CoHHnutd)

1*7. 101, ZOI. SOT, lOR-9. ZlO-1.

211. its. ZIT. Its, ZZ:-3. Z2S-«.

231. 235. ISI, »R, J39. lU-EO.

3S1. 129-11 ft llmlled tores, lie, UT, 111,

lis, 141, tE4
Knil memory. 167
penetntltiK matter. 16. IT. El.

269-70 u teadency to mobility. IZS. 131,

■nd physics and chemlaCry. 31.

II! 4. ZIO. 230. 231 ■Inuousness of. 71. 9S, 99, 102.

»4, 2«9 theory of. and theory of linow-

ledse, 111, 177, 179, 197 unforeneeableneEa of. S, S-9, 20,

Zl-T, IS. 23. 17, tS-S. 47. 48,

Gi, 8«, »S, 183, 164, 184. ZZl-4,

I, Tl, 74

. 10!
Llurds. color
Iiocomollon and consciousness,
108. 111. 116, 281. Bae Mobil-
ity. Movement
IjOkIc and action, li, 44, 4S, ISZ.
1T9
formal. SOS

geneala of, «-xI. »lll.»lv. 49,
103. 104-E. 130. 191-Z. 193, 301.
SE9. 166
and sMmetrV. il, IGl, 176. ZIZ

Logic (Contlnuedy
Impotent to sraap life, z. 13. 31.
2S, 16, M-t. 89, 101, 161. 16i-(.
191-101, 205. 106, 111. 219, 110,
IZS, 223, 116-6, 168-61. 161,
ITO. 313. lES. 360-1, 366
194 -S

of n

, 260. 168, 270
r« flowing over matter,
261. 26E
Sea Impulse of. Organic sub-
stance. Organism. Orcanlia-
tlon. Vital Impetus, Vital or-
der. Vital principle, Vltollsm,
Willed order
Umltatlons of Instinct and of In-
tel Usence. 163
Llmltedness of the scope of Gali-
leo's physics. 367. 370
Of the vital Impetus, 128. 127,

and physics. 319-20, 331
and time, 4, 377
Bee Intellect. IntelllBencs, Un-
derstanding, Order, natbo-

of Intellect. 46, 13T Lumbrlculus, 13

Machinery and IntelllgenM, 141 Machines, natural and arlinclal.

139. See Implement, Inatru-

Uagnltude, certainty of Induction
approached as factors ap-
proach pure magnitudes. HE*

and modem science. 333. 335 Man In evolution, attention, 184

brain. 183, 184. 263-E

conscIousneBs. 139-43. 180. 181,
ISS. ISS. IS7. 188, 191-1, 111.
262-B

hsblt and Invention, 186

language, 168
Manacelne <de), 124 note
Manufacture, the aim of Intellect,
137. 133. 146, 162-4. 169-66,
181, 191, 1B2. 199. 151. 191

and organlEatlon, 91, 18. 138-T, 139-43, 150

and repetition. 14. 46. 155-8

Sea Construction. Solid, Utility Many and one. categories Inap-

llfe, :

162-1, Itt-

plica ble

S. 257, :bi, ;iis
In the Idea of Indlvldualltr. tt>
Seo Uultlpllctty

Martin. J., 102 noM

Marlon. 107 note

Material knowledge, IGt

Materialists, 240

Materially the Inversion oF splrl

Mallieniatlcal order. Bee Inc

Matter. Sea Inert matter Maturation as creative <

23S
procedure ot Intellect. 165
Invention. ISS. ItO. 191-G
necessity, 47, :i&. 216, 21S.

262, 266, 270. 327
Uechanics of transCormBtlon,
Mechanism, cerebral, 2G2, 253,

263, i6E. 366. See Cerebral activity and consclousnci

c order. Willed order

Mechanistic philosophy, ill.

n. 29. 30, 37, 74, S8-96. 101,

Medical philosophers of the eigh-
teenth century, 356
science. 165
Uedutlary bulb In the develop-

Memory. 6, 17, 20, 21. 167. 16S, ISO,

131. 201 Menopause In llluBtratlon

crisis of evolution. 19
Mental life, unity of, 26g
MetsDnorphoBss of larvae, 139-40,

;ellect, 18S-90

natural. 21, 325

and science. 176-T, 194-6, IBS.

and Intellect. 48-*, SDG-8

knowledge a a relative to cer-
tain renulrements of til*
mind. 162. 190-1, 230

and matter, lgS-9, 201, 301, 103. 205-6. 264. 269, 270. 350. 3(6-*

See Payclilc. Psycho -physio-
logical para 11 el Ism, Psychol-
ogy and PhllOBOphy. ilfvn
Mlnot, Sedgwick. 17 nola
Mobility, tendency toward, char-
acterizes animals, IDS, 110.
113. 129-32. 135. 180

and consciousness, 108. Ill, IIG- e. 161

of Intelligent signs. 158. IS*

life as tendency toward. 127-I. 131. 132

In plants. Ill, 136

See Motion Moblus, 60 note

Model necesKBry to the construc-
tive work of intellect. 1C4,
166-7
Modem astronomy compared with
ancient science. 334, 336

geometry compared with an- cient science, 31. 161, 334

Idealism, 231

phlloeophy compared with cn-
clcnt. 215-9. 231. 327-g. 344.
345, 349-61. 354, SEfl-7

philosophy; parallelism of body and mind In. 180. 3S0. 35fi,

■2 ot Ins 1 1 net and IntetUKenco

about a mean pOBlIlon. ISG

or pendulum. llluBtratlne Bpaes

and time In undent phllo.

phy. 318-9, 320

between repreHentatlon ot Innsr

delation of organlBmB. 260

cbange and the. 3U1. 302-3

complementarity of intelligence

be, 141-2, lEO,

ISl. 184, 18E

compie^iily of the, 162. 250. 3S2,

261. 2 GO conaclousnesB and the, 11

US. 179. 180, 262, 270
contingency of the actual chcit
He. 26B, 257
aifTerentlatlon ot parts In, 252.
260. Bee Organism,
Ity of
eitenslon of, by artlflclal in-
. 141. 161

generality ty pitied by similar-
organlsmB,
224. 228-3. 230

hive as, IGE

and Individuation, x. 12. 13, IE,
33, 26-7. 42. 149. 195-6. 225-6,
228 -9. 259, 260. 261. 270

ganlsms.

philosophy and the, 195-6
unity sf the. 1T6-8
Organization of action, 142, 146,

147-8, 160. 131. 184. IBE
of duration, 5-6. 15. 25. 26
explosive
ftnd InBtlnct. 24. I3S-46. 150.

PlBBtlc Buhatsncea. ZSG FlatO. 49, IBG. 191. 210 note

StT. 349 Platonic Ideas, 49, 315-6, 331

327, 330, 353 Flotlnus,

nore, 349. 3EZ, 3G3 Plurality. conCuaed, o( II

Bee Interpenetratlon Poem. Bounds of, distinct

ceptlon; the aense Ini

J per-

flelble

lIlustralinE

240. 319-20
imnjTlKoa, nous, of ArUtotle,
Polymorphism ot anta, bees.

wasps. 14D

Primary Instlnet. 133-9. 188
(Primitive organisms, ambiguous
forms of, 9S, 112, 113. 116, 129.

"Procession" In Alexandrian pht-

loaophy, 323
ProgTess, adaptation and. 101 ft.
evolutionary, 50. 133. 134. 138.

2 66 Prose and verse, lIluatratlnK tho

t-wo kinds of orders, 221. 232
ProtophyteH, col on 1 1 log of. 269
Protoplasm, circulation of, 33-3,

us sys-

PoBltlvlty,

and the vital principle. 43-3 Protozoa, association of, 269-61

_ _^ __^ EKHlng of, 16

216, 247-8, 319-20 ' ' "' ambiguous form, 113

POMlble activity aa a factor In ^"^ Individuation, 14, 259-61

conselousnesa. 11. 12, 96. 144, mechanical explanation of

raitatence, 290, 2S5 reproduction of, 14

Post-Kantian philosophy, 362, 3GS Pseudo-ldeaa and problems, in. Potential activity. See Possible ^''^- '^' ^'^

activity Pseudoneuroptera, division of

Bensra, 22S 'a*""" "mong, 140

knowledge, 143-T. 150, 166 tppfl) of Aristotle. 3G0

Potentiality, life as an Immense, ot Plotlnus, 210 nota

358. 2T0 Psychic activity, two-fold nature

zone of, Hurroundlng acts. 179. ot. 135, 140-1. 14Z-3

180. 181, 254. Bee Possible Ufa. continuity of, I-ll. 29-30

activity Psychical existence contrasted

Powers of life, complemeutaHty with logical, 376, 19T-B. 327-

Of. xll, illl. 26, 27. 61-6, S7-105, 8, 361

110, 113, 110-8, 119. 126-7. 131- nature of life. 257

343, 34G the physical and psychical

Fiaetlcal nature of perception and Psychology and deduction, 213-3 Its prolonpatlnn In Intellect and the genesis of Intellect, 1S7,

and science, 137-41. 160. 191- 194, 19B-6. 197

4. 196. 197. 20G. 207-8, 218. Inlultlonal cosmology as re-

247-8. 373. 281. 305. 306-7. 323. versed. 20S-J

Psycho -physio log! cat parallelism,

ISO, 360. 351. 3G5, 366
Puberty. Illustrating
evolution, 19, 320-'

Preeatabllahed harmony.

400 Index

Qualities, acts, forms, the clkrael

Reality (Cm (blued)

or rapreaentallon. 303. 3U

o( genera in ancient phlloso.

bodies as bundles at, 109-1

phy. 226-7

and movements. 29B-300

Imitation of. by the Intellect.

and natural .RBometry, 211

89-90, 3kb

Bupertmpoaltlon of. In Induc-

and Ilie intellect, 63. 89-SO. 1S».

Quallty is change, 2»S-iOD

Intelligible. In ancient phlloM-

in Eleatlc philosophy. 314-6

Phy. 31 T

and quantity In ancient plil-

knowledge ot. 307-S. 317. »l-l

loiopliy. 323-4

and quantity In modern phi-

losophy, seo

and not-being. 276. 280. 386

and rhythm, BOO-S

of the person. 269

Quaternary substances. 121

refraction of. through the forms

Qulnton. Reno. 184 no(e

ot perception. 304. 238, Si9- and science, 194. IBS, 198, 199.

Radius-vector. Heliocentric. In

Kepler's taws, 334

Rank, evolutionary. BO. 133-6. 1T3-

sensible. In ancient philosophy.

4. see

Reaction, r&le of. In perception.

symbol of. XI. 30-1, 71. 8S-t,

93-4. 196-S. 19T, 309. 340, 343.

Ready-made calegorlps. x. xlv,

48. 237. ZBO. 2B1, 373. 311. 321.

Real activity as distinguished

unknowable In Kant. 306

from possible, 146

unknowable In Spencer, x1

common -sensB Is condnuous ex-

views of. 30-1. 71, 84. 88. 199.

perience of the. 213

301. 206-7, 326-6. 249, 368, lit.

continuity o( the. 302, 329

300-7, 311, 314, 331-2, 843, Ul.