Physics and Politics: Or, Thoughts on the Application of the Principles of "natural Selection" and "inheritance" to Political SocietyC. K. Paul & Company, 1881 - 224 pagini |
Din interiorul cărții
Rezultatele 1 - 5 din 26
Pagina 15
... means of comfort , as to the instruments of war . And what is more , these savages have not failed from stupidity ; they are , in various degrees of originality , inventive about these matters . You cannot trace the roots of an old ...
... means of comfort , as to the instruments of war . And what is more , these savages have not failed from stupidity ; they are , in various degrees of originality , inventive about these matters . You cannot trace the roots of an old ...
Pagina 18
... means , other and better things might be added to it . But after all , how much of the ' splendid savage ' there is in Achilles , and how much of the ' spoiled child sulking in his tent . ' Impressibility and excitability are the main ...
... means , other and better things might be added to it . But after all , how much of the ' splendid savage ' there is in Achilles , and how much of the ' spoiled child sulking in his tent . ' Impressibility and excitability are the main ...
Pagina 20
... have conceived it . Again , the primitive man could not have imagined what we mean by a nation . We on the other hand cannot imagine those to whom it is a difficulty ; ' we know what it is when you do not ask us , 20 PHYSICS AND POLITICS .
... have conceived it . Again , the primitive man could not have imagined what we mean by a nation . We on the other hand cannot imagine those to whom it is a difficulty ; ' we know what it is when you do not ask us , 20 PHYSICS AND POLITICS .
Pagina 21
... means a like body of men , because of that like- ness capable of acting together , and because of that likeness inclined to obey similar rules ; and even this Homer's Cyclops - used only to sparse human beings- could not have conceived ...
... means a like body of men , because of that like- ness capable of acting together , and because of that likeness inclined to obey similar rules ; and even this Homer's Cyclops - used only to sparse human beings- could not have conceived ...
Pagina 53
... means to advance to something good , —and then to have stopped , and not advanced . India , Japan , China , almost every sort of Oriental civilisation , though differing in nearly all other things , are in this alike . They look as if ...
... means to advance to something good , —and then to have stopped , and not advanced . India , Japan , China , almost every sort of Oriental civilisation , though differing in nearly all other things , are in this alike . They look as if ...
Termeni și expresii frecvente
action ALEXANDER BAIN ancient animals Aryan race Athens beginning believe better causes Cheaper Edition civilisation co-operative groups Co.'s Publications common conquered custom Demy 8vo despotism doctrine doubt early society English Essay existence Fcap feeling Fifth Edition force Fourth Edition French Frontispiece government by discussion Greek habit idea imitation inherited instincts intellectual Kegan Paul Large crown 8vo Large post 8vo living LL.B LL.D mankind manner Maps ment military mind modern moral national character numerous Illustrations original Paternoster Square philosophers plain Poems political Portrait pre-historic primitive principle Prof Professor progress race reason religion Roman rule savage Second Edition Sermons Sir Henry Maine Sir John Lubbock Small 8vo Small crown 8vo sort T. H. HUXLEY tend theory things Third Edition thought tions Translated Trench & Co.'s tribe usage vellum vols WALTER BAGEHOT write
Pasaje populare
Pagina 19 - Sambourne. Shakspere's Sonnets. Edited by EDWARD DOWDEN. With a Frontispiece etched by Leopold Lowenstam, after the Death Mask. English Odes. Selected by EDMUND W.
Pagina 42 - BOOKS FOR THE YOUNG. Brave Men's Footsteps. A Book of Example and Anecdote for Young People. By the Editor of "Men who have Risen.
Pagina 19 - The Christian Year. Thoughts in Verse for the Sundays and Holy Days throughout the Year.
Pagina 17 - MOCKLER, E. — A Grammar of the Baloochee Language, as it is spoken in Makran (Ancient Gedrosia), in the Persia-Arabic and Roman characters.
Pagina 40 - WILLOUGHBY (The Hon. Mrs.). On the North Wind — Thistledown. A Volume of Poems. Elegantly bound. Small crown 8vo. Cloth, price "js. 6d. WILSON (H. Schiitz). Studies and Romances. Crown 8vo. Cloth, price 7$.
Pagina 2 - XVIII. The Nature of Light. With a General Account of Physical Optics.
Pagina 15 - KINGSLEY, Charles, MA— Letters and Memories of his Life. Edited by his Wife. With two Steel Engraved Portraits, and Vignettes on Wood. Fourteenth Cabinet Edition. 2 vols. Crown 8vo, 12s. %* Also a People's Edition, in one volume. With Portrait. Crown 8vo, 6s. All Saints
Pagina 27 - YOUMANS (Eliza A.). An Essay on the Culture of the Observing Powers of Children, especially in connection with the Study of Botany. Edited, with Notes and a Supplement, by Joseph Payne, FCP, Author of " Lectures on the Science and Art of Education,
Pagina 10 - GEBLER (Karl Von). Galileo Galilei and the Roman Curia, from Authentic Sources. Translated with the sanction of the Author, by Mrs. GEORGE STURGE. Demy 8vo. Cloth, price 12*. GEDDES (James). History of the Administration of John de Witt, Grand Pensionary of Holland.
Pagina 32 - WARTENSLEBEN (Count H. von). The Operations of the South Army in January and February, 1871. Compiled from the Official War Documents of the Head-quarters of the Southern Army. Translated by Colonel CH von Wright. With Maps. Demy 8vo.