﻿WITH 
  THE 
  DOMAIN 
  OF 
  THE 
  IXOlUiAMC 
  71 
  

  

  factors 
  for 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  the 
  phenomena 
  ' 
  (Enriques, 
  1914, 
  

   p. 
  368). 
  It 
  is 
  useful, 
  however, 
  to 
  keep 
  a 
  term 
  like 
  " 
  living 
  ' 
  

   for 
  organisms 
  only. 
  

  

  11. 
  Contrasts 
  between 
  the 
  Realm 
  of 
  Organisms 
  and 
  the 
  

  

  Domain 
  of 
  the 
  Inorganic. 
  

  

  Let 
  us 
  turn 
  from 
  the 
  resemblances 
  to 
  the 
  contrasts 
  between 
  

   the 
  realm 
  of 
  organisms 
  and 
  the 
  domain 
  of 
  the 
  inorganic. 
  

  

  The 
  first 
  great 
  contrast 
  is 
  that 
  there 
  are 
  no 
  true 
  individuals 
  

   in 
  the 
  domain 
  of 
  the 
  inorganic, 
  though 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  great 
  di- 
  

   versity 
  of 
  quality. 
  A 
  crystal 
  approaches 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  criteria 
  

   of 
  being 
  an 
  individual- 
  -it 
  has 
  definiteness 
  of 
  form, 
  coher- 
  

   ence, 
  a 
  capacity 
  for 
  a 
  sort 
  of 
  growth 
  and 
  repair 
  ; 
  but 
  a 
  crystal 
  

   is 
  homogeneous, 
  not 
  made 
  up 
  of 
  inter-dependent 
  parts 
  work- 
  

   ing 
  together 
  to 
  secure 
  continuance 
  either 
  of 
  itself 
  or 
  of 
  its 
  

   kind. 
  The 
  crystal's 
  regularity 
  is 
  not 
  functional 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  per- 
  

   haps 
  the 
  visible 
  expression 
  of 
  the 
  molecular 
  structure. 
  Sim- 
  

   ilarly, 
  the 
  solar 
  system 
  makes 
  some 
  approach 
  to 
  being 
  an 
  in- 
  

   dividual, 
  having 
  independence 
  and 
  unity 
  in 
  diversity, 
  but 
  

   it 
  can 
  hardly 
  be 
  said 
  that 
  the 
  solar 
  system 
  is 
  an 
  agent, 
  or 
  

   that 
  its 
  working 
  is 
  directed 
  towards 
  its 
  own 
  continuance. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  few 
  phenomena 
  in 
  the 
  domain 
  of 
  the 
  inorganic 
  

   which 
  can 
  be 
  spoken 
  of 
  as 
  propagative, 
  though 
  one 
  may 
  

   think 
  of 
  the 
  origin 
  of 
  a 
  double 
  star, 
  or 
  of 
  the 
  earth 
  giving 
  

   birth 
  to 
  the 
  moon, 
  or 
  of 
  the 
  multiplication 
  of 
  crystals. 
  This 
  

   is 
  in 
  marked 
  contrast 
  with 
  the 
  abundant 
  multiplication 
  

   characteristic 
  of 
  organisms. 
  

  

  And 
  while 
  the 
  volcano 
  is 
  insurgent 
  enough 
  in 
  a 
  sense, 
  and 
  

   the 
  breakers 
  seem 
  furious 
  in 
  their 
  assaults 
  on 
  the 
  cliffs, 
  

   we 
  know 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  freedom 
  of 
  action, 
  that 
  everything 
  

   is 
  without 
  alternative. 
  

  

  There 
  seems 
  no 
  doubt 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  general 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  solar 
  

  

  