Contents 



CHAPTER VI FAILURE OF THE CLASSICAL FACTORS 



TO EXPLAIN THE GENERAL PHILOSOPHICAL 

 DIFFICULTY RELATING TO EVOLUTION, HOW 

 THE COMPLEX CAN PROCEED FROM THE SIMPLE 

 AND THE GREATER FROM THE LESS 32 



PART II 



The Classical Psycho-Physiological Concept of the 

 Individual 



FOREWORD 37 



CHAPTER I THE CLASSICAL NOTION OF PHYSIO- 

 LOGICAL INDIVIDUALITY 4O 



I. DIFFICULTIES RELATING TO THE POLY- 



ZOIST CONCEPT 4O 



2. DIFFICULTIES RELATING TO THE SPECIFIC 

 FORM OF THE INDIVIDUAL, TO THE 

 BUILDING, THE MAINTENANCE, AND 

 THE REPAIR OF THE ORGANISM 41 



3. THE PROBLEM OF EMBRYONIC AND POST- 

 EMBRYONIC METAMORPHOSES 46 



4. THE HISTOLYSIS OF THE INSECT 48 



CHAPTER II THE PROBLEM OF SUPERNORMAL PHYSI- 

 OLOGY 5 I 



I. MATERIALISATIONS 51 



2. THE UNITY OF ORGANIC SUBSTANCE 63 



3. THE EVIDENCE OF A SUPERIOR DYNAMISM 6$ 



4. THE CONDITIONING OF THE DYNAMISM 



BY THE IDEA 66 



5. THE SECONDARY MODALITIES OF SUPER- 

 NORMAL PHYSIOLOGY 69 



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