Physics and Politics: Or, Thoughts on the Application of the Principles of "natural Selection" and "inheritance" to Political SocietyC. K. Paul & Company, 1881 - 224 Seiten |
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... doubt the modern doctrine of the Conservation of Force , ' if applied to decision , is inconsistent with free will ; if you hold that force is never lost or gained , ' you cannot hold that there is a real gain -- a sort of new creation ...
... doubt the modern doctrine of the Conservation of Force , ' if applied to decision , is inconsistent with free will ; if you hold that force is never lost or gained , ' you cannot hold that there is a real gain -- a sort of new creation ...
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... doubt , of course , that this theory was originally based on the Scriptural history of the Hebrew patriarchs in Lower Asia ; but , as has been explained already , its connection with Scripture rather militated than otherwise against its ...
... doubt , of course , that this theory was originally based on the Scriptural history of the Hebrew patriarchs in Lower Asia ; but , as has been explained already , its connection with Scripture rather militated than otherwise against its ...
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... doubt of its predominance in early human history . The strongest killed out the weakest , as they could . And I need not pause to prove that any form of polity is more efficient than none ; that an aggregate of families owning even a ...
... doubt of its predominance in early human history . The strongest killed out the weakest , as they could . And I need not pause to prove that any form of polity is more efficient than none ; that an aggregate of families owning even a ...
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... doubt , this assimilation is effected by a process most intelligible , and not at all curious - the process of con- scious imitation ; A sees that B's style of writing answers , and he imitates it . But definitely aimed 32 PHYSICS AND ...
... doubt , this assimilation is effected by a process most intelligible , and not at all curious - the process of con- scious imitation ; A sees that B's style of writing answers , and he imitates it . But definitely aimed 32 PHYSICS AND ...
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... doubt , from some old accident , and have been heedfully preserved by customary copying . A national character is but the successful parish cha- racter ; just as the national speech is but the successful parish dialect , the dialect ...
... doubt , from some old accident , and have been heedfully preserved by customary copying . A national character is but the successful parish cha- racter ; just as the national speech is but the successful parish dialect , the dialect ...
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