INDEX 



385 



Galileo, homogeneity of time in, 

 332 

 his influence on metaphysics, 



20, 228 

 his influence on modern science, 



334, 335 

 extension of Galileo's physics, 



367, 370 

 his theory of the fall of bodies 

 compared with Aristotle's, 

 228, 331, 332, 334 

 Ganoid breastplate of ancient 

 fishes, in reference to animal 

 mobility, 130, 131 

 Gaudry, 130 note 

 Genera, relation of, to individu- 

 als, 226 

 relation of, to laws, 225, 226, 



330 

 potential, 226-7 

 and signs, 158 

 Generality, ambiguity of the idea 

 of, in philosophy, 236, 229-31 

 Generalization dependent on 

 repetition, 230, 231 

 distinguished from transference 



of sign, 158 

 In the vital and mathematical 

 orders, 224, 225, 230 

 Generic, type of the: similarity of 

 structure between generating 

 and generated, 223, 224 

 Genesis, xiii, xiv, 153, 186-199, 

 207, 359, 360 

 of intellect, xili, xiv, 153, 186, 



187, 190, 193, 194, 196-7, 207, 

 264, 360 



of knowledge, 191 



of matter, xiii, xiv, 153, 186, 



188, 190, 193, 199, 207, 360 

 Genius and the willed order, 223, 



237 



Genus. See Genera 



Geometrical, the, is the object 

 of the intellect, 190 



Geometrical order as a diminu- 

 tion or lower complication of 

 the vital, 223, 225, 236, 330. 

 See Genera, Relation of, to 

 laws 

 mutual contingency of, and 



vital order, 235 

 See Mathematical order 

 space, relation of, to the spa- 

 tlality of things, 203 



Geometrism, the latent, of intel- 

 lect, 194, 211-3 



Geometry, fitness of, to matter, 

 10 



Geometry, (Continued) 



goal of intellectual operation*, 

 211, 213, 218 



ideal limit of induction and de- 

 duction, 214-8, 361. See 

 Space, Descending movement 

 of existence 



modern, compared with ancient, 



36, 161, 333-4 

 natural, 194, 211-2 

 perception impregnated with, 



205, 230 

 reasoning in, contrasted with 

 reasoning concerning life, 7, 

 8 

 scientific, 161, 211 

 Germ, accidental predisposition 

 of, in Neo-Darwinism, 168, 

 169, 170 

 Germ-plasm, continuity of, 27, 



37, 78-83 

 Giard, 84 



Glucose In organic function, 122, 



123 

 Glycogen in organic function, 



122-4 

 God, as activity, 249 



of Aristotle, 196, 322, 326, 349, 



353, 356-7 

 ascent toward, in Aristotle's 



philosophy, 322-3 

 circularity of God's thought, In 

 Aristotle's philosophy, 324, 

 325 

 in Descartes's philosophy, 346, 



347 

 as efficient cause in Aristotle's 



philosophy, 324 

 as hypostasis of the unity of 



nature, 196, 322, 357 

 in Leibniz's philosophy, 352, 



353, 356-7 

 as eternal matter, 196-7 

 as pure form, 196-7, 322 

 in Spinoza's philosophy, 351, 

 357 

 Greek philosophy. See Ancient 



philosophy 

 Green parts of plants, 107-9, 114, 



117, 246, 247, 254 

 Growing old, 15 

 Growth, creation is, 240-1, 275 

 and novelty, 231 

 of the powers of life, 132, 134-5 

 reality is, 237 

 of the universe, 343, 345 

 Guerin, P., 59 note 

 Guinea-pig, in illustration of 

 hereditary transmission, 80, 81 



