General Physiology; Or, Physiological Theory of Cosmos: A Rectification of the Analytical Concept of Matter and of the Synthetical Concept of Bodies, Resolving the Problem of the Unity of All Objective KnowledgeK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1890 - 391 pages |
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... mechanical relations . Let us now fix well in the mind the idea that determinations of quantity only , such as physio- logical inquiries , can be derived one from another in accordance with general relations which are called laws ...
... mechanical relations . Let us now fix well in the mind the idea that determinations of quantity only , such as physio- logical inquiries , can be derived one from another in accordance with general relations which are called laws ...
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... mechanical or physiological ) are at bottom matter in movement , we can explain all kinds of activity discovered by the senses , those extrinsic means of existence which constitute the inorganic world , as well as the phenomena of ...
... mechanical or physiological ) are at bottom matter in movement , we can explain all kinds of activity discovered by the senses , those extrinsic means of existence which constitute the inorganic world , as well as the phenomena of ...
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... mechanical power , that is , the power of which those particles are capable , is reduced to the formula r ‹ ƒ ( manifest resultant is less than the loss of living force ) . Whence , then , comes the vital or generating power whose ...
... mechanical power , that is , the power of which those particles are capable , is reduced to the formula r ‹ ƒ ( manifest resultant is less than the loss of living force ) . Whence , then , comes the vital or generating power whose ...
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... mechanical energy , because this does not suppose anything more than matter in movement under the different forms of secondary activity . The proofs of this assertion are the impossi- bility of affirming the contrary , and the principle ...
... mechanical energy , because this does not suppose anything more than matter in movement under the different forms of secondary activity . The proofs of this assertion are the impossi- bility of affirming the contrary , and the principle ...
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... mechanical notion ; this is , that all material activity is movement . Beyond this all terms are above our intelligence , as we can only define nature by what is manifested by means of the senses , and in order that a scientific ...
... mechanical notion ; this is , that all material activity is movement . Beyond this all terms are above our intelligence , as we can only define nature by what is manifested by means of the senses , and in order that a scientific ...
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