 | 1876 - Počet stránok 592
...nothing and can know ' nothing ? . . . With a view to our duty in this life, it is ne' cessary to be possessed of only two beliefs : the first, that the...something as a condition of the course of events. ' Each of these beliefs can be verified experimentally as often ' as we like to try.' * This is the... | |
 | 1869 - Počet stránok 718
...stands alone as a force which we are free to exert in any direction we choose. Professor Huxley says, " Volition counts for something as a condition of the course of events." Wo should say it counts for a great deal. It is the link between the material and the immaterial —... | |
 | 1869 - Počet stránok 890
...joyfully admit that the musician must be a Spirit and Divine ? Professor Huxley distinctly declares that " our volition counts for something as a condition of the course of events." These words are the most valuable and important in his whole address. They are the gleam of light seen... | |
 | 1869 - Počet stránok 580
...fame I will repair. NOTES. MR HUXLEY says, to help the world on "effectually, it is necessary to be possessed of only two beliefs : the first, that the...something as a condition of the course of events." This would be fine, if, on his premises, our " volition " were not born of ammonia, etc. MR. HUXLEY... | |
 | John James Stewart Perowne - 1869 - Počet stránok 180
...to exert ourselves effectually to banish ignorance and misery, we need but two beliefs, the belief " that the order of nature is ascertainable by our faculties to an extent which is practically unlimited;" and the belief, that "our volition counts for something as a condition of the course of events"? Are... | |
 | John James Stewart Perowne - 1869 - Počet stránok 168
...to exert ourselves effectually to banish ignorance and misery, we need but two beliefs, the belief " that the order of nature is ascertainable by our faculties to an extent which is practically unlimited;" and the belief, that "our volition counts for something as a condition of the course of events"? Are... | |
 | John James Stewart Perowne (bp. of Worcester.) - 1869 - Počet stránok 180
...to exert ourselves effectually to banish ignorance and misery, we need but two beliefs, the belief " that the order of nature is ascertainable by our faculties to an extent which is practically unlimited;" and the belief, that "our volition counts for something as a condition of the course of events"? Are... | |
 | George Western Thompson - 1869 - Počet stránok 468
...where is the unfoldment and progress in system, and always to higher progress and fuller system, and "that our volition counts for something as a condition of the course of events?" Again, Mr. Huxley argues to show that all motion is the result of contractility, in both vegetal and... | |
 | Thomas Henry Huxley - 1870 - Počet stránok 56
...less miserable and somewhat less ignorant than it was before he entered it. To do this effectually it is necessary to be fully possessed of only two...something as a condition of the course of events. Each of these beliefs can be verified experimentally, as often as we like to try. Each, therefore,... | |
 | Literary and Philosophical Society of Liverpool - 1870 - Počet stránok 312
...Let me answer in Professor Huxley's own words, which immediately follow — ' To do this effectually, it is necessary to be fully possessed of only two...order of nature is ascertainable by our faculties, and the second that our volition counts for something as a condition in the course of events.' You... | |
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To do this effectually it is necessary to be fully possessed of only two beliefs: the first, that the order of nature is ascertainable by our faculties to an extent which is practically unlimited; the second, that our volition counts for something as... 
