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reproduction of,14Pseudo-ideas and problems,177,277,283,296Pseudoneuroptera, division of labor among,140ψχνη of Aristotle,350of Plotinus,210notePsychic activity, twofold nature of,136,140-1,142-3life, continuity of,1-11,29-30Psychical existence contrasted with logical,276,297-8,327-8,361nature of life,257Psychics inverted physics,201,202.SeeInverse relation of the physical and psychicalPsychology and deduction,212-3and the genesis of intellect,187,194,195-6,197intuitional cosmology as reversed,208-9Psycho-physiological parallelism,180,350,351,355,356Puberty, illustrating crises in evolution,19,320-1Qualitative, evolutionary and extensive becoming,313motion,302-3,304,311Qualities, acts, forms, the classes of representation,303,314bodies as bundles of,300-1coincidence of,309and movements,299-300and natural geometry,211superimposition of, in induction,216Quality is change,299-300in Eleatic philosophy,314-5and quantity in ancient philosophy,323-4and quantity in modern philosophy,350and rhythm,300-2Quaternary substances,121Quinton, René,134noteRadius-vector, Heliocentric, in Kepler's laws,334Rank, evolutionary,50,133-5,173-4,265Reaction, rôle of, in perception,226-7Ready-made categories, x, xiv,48,237,250,251,273,311,321,329,354,359Real activity as distinguished from possible,145common-sense is continuous experience of the,213continuity of the,302,329dichotomy of the, in modern philosophy,349imitation of the, by intelligence,90,204,258,270,307,355obliteration of outlines in the,11-2,188,189,207-8representation of the, by science,203-4Realism, ancient,231-2Realists and idealists alike assume possibility of absence of order,220,231-2Reality, absolute,198,228-9,230,269,359-60,361as action,47,191-2,194-5,249degrees of,323,327in dogmatic metaphysics,196double form of,179-80,216,230-1,236as duration,11-2,217,272as flux,165,250,251,294,337,338,342and the frames of the intellect,363-4,365.SeeFrames of the understandingas freedom,247of genera in ancient philosophy,226-7is growth,239imitation of, by the intellect,89-90,365and the intellect,52,89-90,153,191,192,314-5,355-6intelligible, in ancient philosophy,317knowledge of,307-8,317,358-9and mechanism,351,354-5as movement,90,155,301-2,312and not-being,276,280,285of the person,269refraction of, through the forms of perception,204,238,359-60and science,194,196,198,199,203-4,206-8,354,357sensible, in ancient philosophy,314,317,321,327,328,352symbol of, xi,30-1,71,88-9,93-4,195-6,197,209,240,342,360-1,369undefinable conceptually,13,49unknowable in Kant,205unknowable in Spencer,xiviews of,30-1,71,84,88,199,201,206-7,225-6,249,258,273,300-7,311,314,331-2,342,351,352Reason and life,7,8,48,161cannot transcend itself,193-4Reasoning and acting,192-3and experience,203-4and matter,204-5,208-9on matter and life,7,8Recollection, dependence of, on special circumstances,167,180in the dream,202,207-8and perception,180,181Recommencing, continual, of the present in the state of relaxation,201Recomposing, decomposing and, the characteristic powers of intellect,157,251Record, false comparison of memory with,5Reflection,158-9Reflex activity,110compound,173-4,175-6Refraction of the idea through matter or non-being,316-7of reality through forms of perception,204,238,359-60Regeneration and individuality,13,14Register of time,16,20,37Reinke,42noteRelation, imprint of relations and laws upon consciousness,188as law,229,230-1and thing,147-52,156-7,160,161,187,202,352,357Relativism, epistemological,196,197,230Relativity of immobility,155of the intellect,xi,48-9,152,153,187,195-6,197-8,199,219,273,306-7,360-1of knowledge,152,191,230of perception,226-7,228,300-1Relaxation in the dream state,201,209-10and extension,201,207-8,209,210,212,218,223,245and intellect,200,207-8,209,212,218logic a, of virtual geometry,212matter a, of unextended into extended,218memory vanishes in complete,200necessity as, of freedom,218present continually recommences in the state of relaxation,200will vanishes in complete,200,207-8SeeTensionReleasing cause,73,74,115,118-9,120Repetition and generalization,230-1,232and fabrication,44-5,46,155-8and intellect,156-7,199,214-6of states,5-6,7-8,28-9,30,36,45-6,47in the vital and in the mathematical order,225,226,230,231Representation and action,143-4,145,180classes of: qualities, forms, acts,302-3,314and consciousness,143-4of motion,159-60,303-4,305,306-7,308,313,315,344-5of the Nought,273-80,281-4,289-317,327Represented or internalized action distinguished from externalized action,144-7,158-9,165Reproduction and individuation,13,14Resemblance.SeeSimilarityReservoir, organism a, of energy,115,116,125-6,245,246,254Rest and motion in Zeno,308-12Retrogression in evolution,133,134Retrospection the function of intellect,47-8,237Reversed psychology: intuitional cosmology,208Rhizocephala and animal mobility,111Rhumbler,34noteRhythm of duration,11-2,127-8,300-1,345-7intelligence adopts the, of action,305-6of perception,299-300,301and quality,301scanning the, of the universe the function of science,346-7of science must coincide with that of action,320of the universe untranslatable into scientific formulae,337Rings of arthropods,132-3Ripening, creative evolution as,47-8,340-1Romanes,139Roule,27noteRoy (Le), Ed.,218noteSalamandra maculata, vision in,75Salensky,75noteSame, function of intellect connecting same with same,199-200,233,270Samter and Heymons,72noteSaporta (De),112noteSavage's sense of distance and direction,212Skepticism or dogmatism the dilemma of any systematic metaphysics,195-6,197,230-1Schisms in the primitive impulsion of life,254-5,257.SeeDivergent lines of evolutionScholasticism,370Science and action,93,195,198,328-9ancient, and modern,329-37,342-5,357astronomy, ancient and modern,334-5,336cartesian geometry and ancient geometry,333-4cinematographical character of modern,329,330,336-7,340-1,342,345-8conventionality of a certain aspect of,206-7and deduction,212-3and discontinuity,161-2function of,92,167-8,173-4,176-7,193-4,195-6,198-9,328-9,346-7Galileo's influence on modern,333-4,335and instinct,169,170,173-4,175,193-5and intelligence,176,177,193-6Kepler's influence on modern,334and matter,194-5,206-7,208modern.SeeModern scienceobject of,195-6,220,221,251,270-1,273,296-8,306-7,328-9,332-3,335-6,347-8and perception,168and philosophy,175-6,196-7,208-9,344,370physical.SeePhysics and reality.SeeReality and scienceand time,8-13,20,335-8unity of,195-6,197,228-9,230,321-2,323,344-5,347-8,349,354,355-6,359-60,362-3Scientific concepts,338-40explanation and philosophical explanation,168formulae,337geometry,161,211knowledge,193-4,196-7,198,199,207,208,218Sclerosis and ageing,19Scolia, paralyzing instinct in,172Scope of action indefinitely extended by intelligent instruments,141of Galileo's physics,357,370Scott,63noteSea-urchin and individuality,13Séailles,29noteSecondary instincts,139,168Sectioning of becoming in the philosophy of ideas,317-8of matter by perception,206-7,249,251Sedgwick,260noteSeeing and willing, coincidence of, in intuition,237Selection, natural,54,56-7,59-60,61-2,63,64,68,95-6,169,170Self, coincidence of, with,199existence of, means change,1ff.knowledge of,1ff.Senescence,15-23,26-7,42-3Sensation and space,202Sense-perception.SeePerceptionSensible flux,316-7,318,321,322,327,343,345intuition and ultra-intellectual,360-1object, apogee of,342-3,344-5,349reality,314,317,319,327,328,352Sensibility, forms of,361Sensitive plant, in illustration of mobility in plants,109Sensori-motor system.SeeNervous systemSensuous manifold,205,221,232,235,236Sentiment, poetic, in illustration of individuation,258,259Serkovski,259noteSerpula, in illustration of identical evolution in divergent lines,96Sexual cells,14,26,27,79-81Sexuality parallel in plants and animals,58-60,119-21Shaler, N.S.,133note,184noteSheath, calcareous, in illustration of animal tendency to mobility,130-1Signs, function of,158,159,160the instrument of science,329-30Sigwart,287noteSilurian epoch, failure of certain species to evolve since,102Similarityamong individuals of same species the type of generality,224-6,228-9,230-1and mechanical causality,44,45Simultaneity, to measure time is merely to count simultaneities,9,336,337,341Sinuousness of evolution,71,98,


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