Contents 







BOOK FIRST METHODS 



PART 1 



THE OBJECTIVE STUDY OF NATURAL BODIES 



CHAPTER I PAGE 



THE PRINCIPLE OF CONTINUITY IN LIVING AND NOT-LIVING 



MATTER ......... 3 



CHAPTER II 

 UNITY AND DIVERSITY IN LIVING BODIES .... 7 



CHAPTER III 



NATURAL PHENOMENA GROUP THEMSELVES IN PARALLEL SERIES 



OP DIFFERENT SCALES OF MAGNITUDE . . . .12 



Examples : Vibratory, Oscillatory Movements Chemistry, 

 Colloids, Nebulae 



CHAPTER IV 

 THE DIMENSION OF LIFE OR THE PLACE OF LIFE IN NATURE . 20 



CHAPTER V 

 REVERSIBILITY 24 



