INDEX 



mutual inversion of cosmic move 

 ments, 133, 151, 152, 183, 186, 

 187, 221, 224, 229, 230, 235, 

 249, 258-64, 275, 278, 279, 287, 

 362-3 



life as, 175, 186-7, 2 68 



and the nervous system, 116, 139, 

 141, 190, 276, 277 



of plants, 115, 142-3 



See Mobility, Motion, Locomotion, 

 Current, Tendency, Impetus, Im 

 pulse, Impulsion 



Movements, antagonistic cosmic, 135- 

 6, ! 4 2, 191, 195, 263, 273. See 

 Movement, Mutual inversion of 

 cosmic 

 Multiplicity, abstract, 271, 273 



distinct, 213, 221, 271. See Inter- 

 penetration 



does not apply to life, x, 171, 187, 



271, 275, 284 _ 



Mutability, exhaustion of, of the uni 

 verse, 257, 2^8 

 Mutations, sudden, 29, 66, 68-72 



theory of, 90-91 



Natural geometry, 205-6, 222-4 

 instrument, 148, 152, 158-9 

 or innate knowledge, 154, 58-9 

 logic, 170, 205-6 

 metaphysic, 22, 343-4 

 selection, 57, 60, 63, 65-9, 72, 101, 



178, 179 

 Nature, Aristotelian theory of, 142, 



184 



discord in, 133, 134, 269, 281 

 facts and relations in, 389 

 incoherence in, no 

 as inert matter, 170, 230, 231, 241- 



2, 252, 258, 278, 296, 322, 376, 



380, 388 

 as life, 105, 145, 147, 149, 150, 152, 



158, 162, 164, 239, 254, 274, 283, 



285, 317-18 

 order of, 238 



as ordered diversity, 244, 246 

 unity of, no, 200, 201, 206, 207-10, 



34, 372-7, 37 s 

 Nebula, cosmic, 262, 271 

 Necessity for creation, vital impetus as, 



265, 275 



and death of individuals, 260 note 

 and freedom, 230, 249, 285 

 in Greek philosophy, 344-5 

 in induction, 227, 228 

 and matter, 265, 278 

 Negation, 290, 301-13. See Nought 

 Negative cause of mathematical order, 

 229. See Inverse relation, etc. 



cosmic principle, 133, 151, 152, 183- 

 4, 186-7, 221, 22 4, 230, 235-36, 

 249, 258-64, 275, 278, 279, 287, 

 362-3. See Inert matter, Opposi 

 tion of the two ultimate cosmic 

 movements, etc. 



Neo-Darwinism, 58, 59, 90, 91, 178, 

 179 



Nro-Lamarckism, 80-8 1, 89, 91-2, 179 



Neo-vitalism, 44 note 



Nervous system a centre of action, 

 115, 136-7, 139, 141-2, 190, 266, 

 275-7 



of the plant, 120 

 primacy of, 126-7, 133, 265 



Neurone and indetermination, 133 



New, freedom and the, 12, 172, 173, 

 210-n, 230, 243, 252, 262, 285, 

 358-61 



Newcomen, 194 



Newton, 354 



Nitrogen and the function of organisms, 

 114, 119, 120, 123, 269 



vorjaeus yoiycris of Aristotle, 376 



Non-existence. See Nought 



Nothing. See Nought 



Nought, conception of the, 288-95, 



2 97-9&amp;gt; 35, 3 6 &amp;gt; 3 8 -H, 334, 

 345. See Negation, Pseudo-ideas, 

 etc. 



vouy Troi.7]TLK6s of Aristotle, 340 

 Novelty. See New 

 Nucleus, intelligence as the luminous, 



enveloped by instinct, 186-7 

 in microbial colonies, 273 

 intelligence as the solid, bathed by a 



mist of instinct, 203, 204 

 of Stentor, 274 

 Number illustrating degrees of reality, 



341-2, 345 

 logic of, 220 

 Nuptial flight, 153, 154 

 Nutritive elements, fixation of, 113-15, 



120, 123, 259, 260, 267 

 Nymph (Zool.), 147, 154 



Object of this book, ix-xv 



of instinct, 153-60, 172, 185-8 

 of intellect, 153-60, 161-4, 170-74, 

 185, 189, 201, 210-11, 250, 263, 

 265, 285, 288, 314-20, 324-5, 328- 



9, 339, 347-M74; 379 

 internality of subject in, the condition 

 of knowledge of reality, 324-5, 



334-5, 379 



of knowledge, 155, 156-7, 168 

 idea of, contrasted with that of uni 

 versal interaction, 12, 198, 199, 

 219 



