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INDEX 



Psychology, Experimental, 131. 



RATIONAL discrimination as distind 

 from sensory discrimination, 122 

 136. 



Rational life, 257 ; its characteris 

 tics, 257 ; Wallace s discussion oJ 

 these, 257 ; common characteris 

 tics here considered, 258 ; a self- 

 regulated life, 258 ; associated 

 with animal life in man, 261 ; 

 man s heritage among the animals, 

 262 ; rational government of 

 animal life, 263 ; consciousness, 

 267; range of knowledge, 268 ; 

 range of activity, 269 ; superiority 

 to environment, 271 ; distinctive- 

 ness of body and mind, 272 ; 

 sensibility and thought, discon 

 tinuous, 273 ; reflection and de 

 cision, 274 ; how biology is placed 

 in view of the facts, 277 ; the 

 last retreat of the Biologist, 279 ; 

 full view of human life, 281 ; a 

 biological representation impos 

 sible, 282 ; a representation which 

 may be accepted by Biology and 

 Psychology, 284 ; intellectual, 

 moral, and religious characteris 

 tics, 286 ; the ideal man, 289 ; 

 self-control, a necessity, 290; 

 degenerate man, 291 ; rever 

 sion, 293; degeneration, 298; 

 inheritance, 305 ; responsibility, 

 306 ; as it applies to inheritance, 

 310; normal action, 318; refer 

 ence to the Supernatural, 320; 

 Religions of the world, 321 ; place 

 of Christianity, 325; Agnosticism, 



329 ; the limits of knowledge, 



329 ; life s close, 330 ; man s 



destiny, 333. 



Rational power determines the 

 characteristics of human life, 64 ; 

 modifies the struggle for exist 

 ence, 73 ; its influence in natural 

 history, 73 ; causality, 130. 



Reid s use of Idea, 225. 



Responsibility, Individual, 130 ; as 

 connected with heredity, 310. 



Religions of the world, 321. 



Romanes, loss of antennae of the 

 ants, consequences of, 197; sever 

 ance of human from animal in 

 telligence, 232 ; on compound 

 ideas, 241 ; use of idea, 251. 



SANDERSON, BURDON, the cell, the 



unexplained unit, 32 ; on the 



Scientific position, 37. 

 Schwann on one universal principle 



of development, 31. 

 Science, as related to Philosophy, 



17, 37. 



Self-consciousness, 50. 

 Self-directed life, 53. 

 Self-knowledge, Socrates on, 66 ; 



Carlyle on, 66. 

 Sensori-motor system, 42. 

 Sensory discrimination, as distinct 



from rational discrimination, 122; 



interpretation of, 127. 

 Shakespeare s representation of 



man s nature, 289. 

 Sides of our nature, two, 52. 

 Socrates on self-knowledge, 66 ; on 



the future state, 334. 

 Soul, the, in what sense known, in 



what unknown, 143. 

 Speaking, art of, 39. 

 Species, origin of, 35. 

 Spencer, Herbert, organic variation, 

 not always advance, 5 ; on in 

 herited knowledge, 128 ; on the 



