 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...  Christian Thought - 第 130 頁1894完整檢視 - 關於此書
 | 1876 - 592 頁
...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 - 718 頁
...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 - 890 頁
...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 - 580 頁
...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 (bp. of Worcester.) - 1869 - 180 頁
...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 - 180 頁
...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 - 168 頁
...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 - 468 頁
...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 - 56 頁
...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 - 312 頁
...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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