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3. ACTION ........ 52 



a. PRELIMINARIES . . . . . .52 



No Pseudo-psychology . . . . .53 



General Definition of Action. Classes of Movements 



which are not Actions . . . .54 



The Distribution of Acting . . . .57 



/3. THE FIRST CRITERION OF ACTING. THE HISTORICAL 



BASIS OF REACTING . . . . .59 



The Origin of the Acts of Volition . . .62 



The Different Types of Historical Bases . . 63 



"Association" . . . . . .65 



7. THE SECOND CRITERION OF ACTING. "INDIVIDUALITY 



OF CORRESPONDENCE " . . . .66 



0. A NEW PROOF OF THE AUTONOMY OF LIFE . . 71 



Preliminary Remarks . . . . .71 



The Union of the two Chief Criteria of Acting . 75 



So-called " Analogies " to Acting . . .77 



Conclusions . . . . . .80 



c. THE "PSYCHOID" . . . . .82 



. THE "SPECIFIC ENERGY" OF THE SENSORY NERVES . 84 



??. SOME DATA FROM CEREBRAL PHYSIOLOGY . . 89 



The Connecting Function . . . .91 



Specific Functions in the Adult . . .93 



Are there Specific Functions in the Newly Born ? . 94 



The " Centre " in General . . . .96 



The Brain and the Psj^choid in General . . 96 



The Brain's Part in Association . . .97 



6. REGULABILITY OF MOVEMENT WITH REGARD TO THE 



MOTOR ORGANS . . . . .100 



t. THE LOWER BRAIN CENTRES IN VERTEBRATES . .102 



K. DIFFERENT DEGREES OF ACTING IN DIFFERENT ANIMALS 106 



Man and the Highest Animals Contrasted . .106 



Higher Invertebrates . . . . .109 



The Lowest Forms of Acting . . . .110 



X. "PSYCHO-PHYSICAL PARALLELISM" REFUTED . . 114 



/*. THE SUPRA-PERSONAL FACTOR OF ACTING IN HISTORY . 117 



No Supra-personal Factor known in History Proper . 118 

 Morality as a Supra-personal Factor . . . 119 



CONCLUSIONS OF SECTION A 121 



