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metaphysics,192,269,270,277Instrument, action as, of consciousness,180animal, is natural; human artificial,139-43automatic activity as instrument of voluntary,252consciousness as, of action,180intelligence: the function of intelligence is to construct instruments,159,192-3intelligence transforms life into an,162intelligence transforms matter into an,161,198intelligence: the instruments of intelligence are artificial, ix,137-9,140-1,150-1natural or organized instruments of instinct,140-1,145,150Intellect and action,ix,11,29,44-8,93,136,142,152-7,162,179,186,187,192,195,197-8,219,220,226-9,251,270,273,297-9,301,302,306,329,346-7in animals,187Fichte's conception of the,189,190,357function of the,5,11,12,44-50,92,93,126,137-45,149-60,162-4,168,174,176,181,187-99,204-8,214-9,229,233,237,241,242,246,247,251,270,290,298,299,328,336,337,341,342,347,348,356,357genesis of the,xi-xv,49,103,104-5,126-7,152,153,186,187,189,193,194,195,198,207,247-9,358,359,366as inversion of intuition,7,8,11,12,46,49,51,86,88-91,93,94,103-4,113,116-8,129,132,133,135,136,139-43,145,157,161,168-80,181,183,184,185,190-204,207-12,216-8,221,223,225-6,230-3,235,236,238,245-52,254-9,264,267-71,276,277,313,330,339,342-5,361,369and language,4,148,158-60,258,265,292,303,304,312,313,326and matter,ix-xv,10,11,48-9,92,135,136,141,142,152-4,155,160,161,165,168,175,179,181,182,186-7,190,193,194,195,198,199,201-4,205-10,213,215,218-20,224,225-30,240-2,245,246,248-52,254,256-9,264,270,271,272,273,275,297-8,306,319,321,329,340,341-3,347-9,355,358-61,368,369mechanism of the,ix-xv,4,30,32,47-9,70,84-5,88-9,101,137-8,150-5,156-7,160,161,164,165,167,168,173,174,176,177,186,187,190-3,194-218,223-40,244,246-7,249-51,254,255,257,258,266,270,273,276-7,292,300-21,325,329,330,332,337,338,339,341-8,351,358-9,361-2,363-4,365,367object of the,ix-xv,7,8,10,17,20,21,30,31,34,35,37,46-9,52,71,74,84,87-92,93,95,102,103,139,140,149,152-66,168,173,175-9,180,181,186,190,193-211,213,216-20,223,224,226,228-30,233,237,238,240,245,249-51,254,255,257-9,261,264,265,270,271,273,274,298-314,318-22,326,328,329,332-8,342,344-9,351,352-7,359-61,363,365,369-70and perception,4-5,11,12,93-4,161-2,168,176-7,188,189,205,207,226-7,228-9,230,238,249-51,273,299-300,301,306,359-60and rhythm,299,300-1,306-7,329,337,346-7and science,8-12,31,92-3,152,153,157-8,159,160-1,162-3,168,173-6,187,193-8,202,204,207-9,214-6,217,225-6,228-9,241,251,270,273,297-8,306,321,322,329,333-5,345,346-8,354,356,357,359-60,362-3,369-70and space,10-11,154,156-7,160-3,174-5,176-7,189,202-4,207-12,215,218,222-3,244,245,250,251,257-8,361-2and time,4,8-9,17,18,20-2,36,39,45-6,47,51,163,300,301,331-2,335-7,341possibility of transcending the,xii,xiii,48,152,177-8,193-4,198-200,205-6,207-8,266,360-1.SeePhilosophy, IntelligenceIntellectualism, hesitation of Descartes between, and intuitionism,345Intelligence and action,137-41,150,154-5,161,162-3,181,189,198,306animal,138,187,188,212categories of,x,48,195-6of the child,147-8and consciousness,187culmination of,130,139-40,174-5.SeeSuperioritygenesis of,136,177-8,366and the individual,251and instinct,109,135,136,141,142,168-70,173-7,179,186,197,209,238,259,267in Kant's philosophy,357-8and laws,229-30limitations of,152and matter,152,159-60,161-2,175,179,181,186,189,194-8,230,237,250,369,370mechanism of,152,153,164,165and motion,153,159-60,274,303-7,312,313,329object of,145-56,161,162,175,179,250practical nature of,ix-xv,137-9,141,150-1,247-8,305,306,328-9and reality,ix-xv,161-2,177,237,251,258,269,271,307and science,175,176,193,194-5and signs,157,158,159,160and space,205SeeIntellect, Understanding, ReasonIntelligent, the, contrasted with the merely intelligible,175Intelligible reality in ancient philosophy,316-7world,160-1Intelligibles of Plotinus,353Intension of knowledge,149-50Intensity of consciousness varies with ratio of possible to real action,144-5Intention as contrasted with mechanism,233.SeeAutomatic order, Willed order of life the object of instinct,176,233Interaction, universal,188-9Interest as cause of variation,131in representation of "nought,"296, 297.SeeAffection, rĂ´le of, etc.Internal finality,41Internality of instinct,168,174-5,176-7of subject in object the condition of knowledge of reality,307,317,358-9Interpenetration,161,162,174-5,177,184note,188,189,201-3,207-8,257,258,270,319-20,341,352Interruption, materiality an, of positivity,219,246,247-8,319-20.SeeInverse relation, etc.Interval of time,8-9,22,23between what is done and what might be done covered by consciousness,179Intuition, continuity between sensible and ultra-intellectual,360-1dialectic and, in philosophy,238.SeeIntellect as inversion of intuitionfringe of, around the nucleus of intellect, xiii,12,46,49,193and instinct,176-9,182and intellect in theoretical knowledge,176-9,270-1Intuitional cosmology as reversed psychology,207-8metaphysics contrasted with intellectual or systematic,191-2,268-70,277-8method of philosophy, apparent vicious circle of,191-4,195-8Intuitionism in Spinoza,347-8and intellectualism in Descartes,345-6Invention, consciousness as, and freedom,264,270-1creativeness of,164,237,340,341disproportion between, and its consequences,181,182-3duration as,10-1evolution as,102-3,255,344-5fervor of,164indivisibility of,164inference a beginning of,138mechanical,142-3,194-5of steam engine as epoch-marking,138-9time as,341unforeseeableness of,164upspringing of,164SeeNewInverse relation of the physical and psychical,126-7,143-4,145,173-4,177-8,201,202,206-7,208,210-1,212,217,218,222,223,236,240,245,246,247-8,249,256,257,261,264,265,270,319-20Irreversibility of duration.SeeRepetitionIsolated systems of matter,204,213,215,241,242,341,342,346,347-8.SeeBodiesJanet, Paul,60-1noteJennings,35noteJourdain and the two kinds of order,221Juxtaposition,207-8,338,339,341.Cf. SuccessionKaleidoscopic variation,74Kant, antinomies of,204-5,206becoming in Kant's successors,362


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