ANALYSIS xvli 



CHAPTER XIX 



SELF-CONSCIOUS DEVELOPMENT 



In the absence of mind, life is relatively anarchic, and evolution plan- 

 less. The evolution of mind consists in the introduction of order 

 and purpose. 2. It is an organic growth, and yet, at least in its 

 higher stages, the working out of a purpose. 3. As the purpose 

 becomes realised, the movement itself becomes more sure and swift. 



4. Can orthogenic evolution as a whole be regarded as purposive ? 



5. Reality as a whole is a single system which cannot be brought 

 under the category of teleology or mechanism. 6. But the ideal of 

 thought points to an organic self-development, at once mechanically 

 conditioned, and purposive, which closely corresponds to the facts 

 of Orthogenic Evolution Pages 436 446 



APPENDIX 

 The Elberfeld Horses Pages 447462 



