complementarity of forms evolved,xi,51,101,104,113,116-8,135-6,255expansion of the forms of consciousness,xii,xiii(or essences), qualities and acts the three kinds of representation,302-3God as pure form in Aristotle,196,322or idea in ancient philosophy,317,318,330of intelligence,xiv,48,147,148,165,190,195,196,198,207,219,257-9,266,358-9,361.SeeConceptand matter in creation,239,250and matter in knowledge,195,361a snapshot view of transition,302Formal knowledge,152logic,292Forms of sensibility,361Fossil species,102Foster,125noteFox in illustration of animal intelligence,138Frames of the understanding,46-7,48,150-2,173,177,197-9,219-20,223-4,258,270,313,358,364fit the inert,197,218inadequate to reality entire,364misfit for the vital,x,xiii,xiv,46,48,173,177,197-9,223,258,313product of life,358transform freedom into necessity,270utility of, lies in their unlimited application,149-50,152Freedom,11,48,126,130,163,164,200,202,207,208,217,223,231,237,239,247,249,264-6,269,270,277,300,339-41,345,346the absolute as freely acting,277affirmed by conscience,269animal characteristic rather than vegetable,129-30caprice attribute not of, but of mechanism,47coextensiveness of consciousness with,111,112,202,264,270of creation and life,247,254,255creativeness of,223,239,248in Descartes's philosophy,345,346as efficient causality,277inversion of necessity,236and liberation of consciousness,265,266.SeeImprisonment of consciousnessand novelty,12,163,164,200,218,231,239,249,270,339-42order in,223property of every organism,129-31relaxation of, into necessity,217tendency of, to self-negation in habit,127tension of,200,201,202,207,223,237,301transformed by the understanding into necessity,270SeeSpontaneityFringe of intelligence around instinct,136of intuition around intellect,xii,xiii,46of possible action around real action,179,272Froth, alveolar, in imitation of organic phenomena,33-4Full, fallacy of thinking the, by the empty,273-6Function,ix,3,5,44,46,47,88-90,94,95,106-10,113,114,117,120,121,127,132,140,141,145,152,153,157,161,163,164,168,173-5,186-92,199,206,207,233,237,246,251,254-6,262,263,270,273,298,306,346,358,369accumulation of energy the function of vegetable organisms,254,255action the, of intellect,ix,12,44,47,93,161,162,186-8,206,251,273,305action the, of nervous system,262,263alimentation,106,107,120,121,246,254of animals is canalization of energy,93,110,126,255,256carbon and the, of organisms,107,113,114,117,254,255chlorophyllian,107-9,114,117,246,254concept-making the, of intellect,x,49of consciousness: sketching movements,207construction the, of intellect,108illumination of action, of perception,5,206,307-8of intelligence: action,ix,12,44,46,93,160,162,186-8,206,251,273,307-8of intelligence: concept-making,x,50of intelligence: construction,160,163,181-2of intelligence: division,154,155,162,189of intelligence: illumination of action by perception,5,206,301of intelligence: repetition,164,199,214-6of intelligence: retrospection,47,237of intelligence: connecting same with same,199,233,270of intelligence: scanning the rhythm of the universe,346of intelligence: tactualizing all perception,168of intelligence: unification,152,154,357of the nervous system: action,262,263and organ,88-90,94,95,132-3,140,141,158.SeeFunction and structureand organ in arthropods, vertebrates and man,132-3of the organism,94,106-10,112,114,117,120,126,173-5,246,253-6of the organism, alimentation,106,107,120,121,246,254of the organism, animal: canalization of energy,93,110,126,255,256of the organism, carbon in,107,113,114,117,254,255of the organism, chlorophyllian function,107-9,114,117,246,247,254of the organism, primary functions of life: storage and expenditure of energy,254-6of the organism, vegetable: accumulation of energy,254,255of philosophy: adoption of the evolutionary movement of life and consciousness,370of science,168,346sketching movements the, of consciousness,207and structure,55,62,66,69,74,75,76,86,88-91,93,94,96,118,132,140,141,158,162,250,252,256tactualizing all perception the, of science,168of vegetable organism: accumulation of energy,254,255Functions of life, the two: storage and expenditure of energy,254-6Galileo, homogeneity of time in,332his influence on metaphysics,20,228his influence on modern science,334,335extension of Galileo's physics,357,370his theory of the fall of bodies compared with Aristotle's,228,331,332,334Ganoid breast-plate of ancient fishes, in reference to animal mobility,130,131Gaudry,130noteGenera, relation of, to individuals,226relation of, to laws,225,226,330potential,226-7and signs,158Generality, ambiguity of the idea of, in philosophy,229-31,236Generalization dependent on repetition,230,231distinguished from transference of sign,158in the vital and mathematical orders,224,225,230Generic, type of the: similarity of structure between generating and generated,223,224Genesis,xiii,xiv,153,186-199,207,359,360of intellect,xiii,xiv,153,186,187,190,193,194,196-7,207,264,360of knowledge,191of matter,xiii,xiv,153,186,188,190,193,199,207,360Genius and the willed order,223,237Genus.SeeGeneraGeometrical, the, is the object of the intellect,190Geometrical order as a diminution or lower complication of the vital,223,225,236,330.SeeGenera, Relation of, to lawsmutual contingency of, and vital order,235SeeMathematical orderspace, relation of, to the spatiality of things,203Geometrism, the latent, of intellect,194,211-3Geometry, fitness of, to matter,10goal of intellectual operations,211,213,218ideal limit of induction and deduction,214-8,361.SeeSpace, Descending movement of existencemodern, compared with ancient,36,161,333-4natural,194,211-2perception impregnated with,205,230reasoning in, contrasted with reasoning concerning life,7,8scientific,161,211Germ, accidental predisposition of, in Neo-Darwinism,168,169,170Germ-plasm, continuity of,27,37,78-83Giard,84Glucose in organic function,122,123Glycogen in organic function,122-4God, as activity,249of Aristotle,196,322,325,349,353,356-7ascent toward, in Aristotle's philosophy,322-3circularity of God's thought, in Aristotle's philosophy,324,325in Descartes's philosophy,346,347as efficient cause in Aristotle's philosophy,324as hypostasis of the unity of nature,196,322,357in Leibniz's philosophy,352,353,356-7as eternal matter,196-7as pure form,196-7,322in Spinoza's philosophy,351,357Greek philosophy.SeeAncient philosophyGreen parts of plants,107-9,114,117,246,247,254Growing old,15Growth, creation is,240-1,275and novelty,231of the powers of life,132,134-5reality is,237of the universe,343,345Guérin, P.,59noteGuinea-pig, in illustration of hereditary transmission,80,81Habit and consciousness annulled,143form of knowledge a habit or bent of attention,148and heredity,78,93,169,170,173.SeeAcquired characters, inheritance ofinstinct as an intelligent,173-4and invention in animals,264and invention in man,265tendency of freedom to self-negation in,127-8Harmony between instinct and life, and between intelligence and the inert,187,194-5,198of the organic world is complementarity due to a common original impulse50,51,103,116,118pre-established,205,206in radical finalism,127-8.SeeDiscordHartog,60noteHatchets, ancient flint, and human intellect,137Heliocentric radius-vector in Kepler's laws,333-4Hereditary transmission,76-83,87,168-9,170,173,225-6,230domestication of animals and,80-1habit and,79,83,169,170,173Hesitation or choice, consciousness as,143,144Heteroblastia and identical structures on divergent lines of evolution,75Heymons,72noteHistory as creative evolution,6,15,21,26,29,36,37,65-6,103-4,105,163,264,269of philosophy,238Hive as an organism,166Homo faber, designation of human species,139Homogeneity of space,156,212the sphere of intellect,163of time in Galileo,332Horse-fly illustrating the object of instinct,146Houssay,109noteHuman and animal attention,184and animal brain,184,263-5and animal consciousness,139-43,180,183,184,187,188,191,212,263-8and animal instruments of action,139-43,150and animal intelligence,138,187,188,191,192,212and animal invention, relation of, to habit,264,265intellect and language,157-8