...change, as Herbert Spencer and others would have us believe. His definition of life-action is : "A definite combination of heterogeneous changes, both...correspondence with external co-existences and sequences." Or, as GH Lewis defines it, " A series of definite and successive changes, both of structure and composition,...

...external relations." Bastian (The Beginnings of Life, vol. ip 71) enlarges this definition into " Life is the definite combination of heterogeneous changes,...successive, in correspondence with external co-existences arid sequences." It will be seen at a glance that, between these definitions and that given by Rosmini,...

...generalizations set forth in those works. Especially will he be reminded of the proposition that Life is " the definite combination of heterogeneous changes,...simultaneous and successive, in correspondence with coexistences and seqnencegy-' and still more of that abridged and less specific formula, in which Life...

...without destroying its identity. Herbert Spencer : Life is the definite combination of heterogenous changes, both simultaneous and successive, in correspondence with external co-existences and sequences; or, more briefly : Life is the continuous adjustment of internal relations to external relations. Kiiss...

...life, mind, society, in the same method, assuming that they are self -produced. He defines life as "the definite combination of heterogeneous changes,...correspondence with external co-existences and sequences." And evolution, he says, is "a change from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity to a definite, coherent...

...but the proportion of words to things is unduly high. When we come upon his definition of Life as " the definite combination of heterogeneous changes,...correspondence with external coexistences and sequences," we doubt whether we gain thereby . any real accession of knowledge— whether the definition embodies...

...interesting question, let ns notice Mr. Spencer's definition of life. When fully elaborated, it is this: " The definite combination of heterogeneous changes,...correspondence with external co-existences and sequences." In this definition he claims to have established a formula, under whose terms nothing else than a living...

...follow rather the newer biological lines of Mr. Herbert Spencer. According to his definition, Life is " The definite combination of heterogeneous changes,...correspondence with external co-existences and sequences," l or more shortly "The continuous adjustment of internal relations to external relations." 2 An example...

...generalizations set forth in those works. Especially will he be reminded of tho proposition that Life is " tho definite combination of heterogeneous changes, both...correspondence with external coexistences and sequences;'' and still more of that abridged and less specific formula, in which Life is said to bo " the continuous...

...of a double face of a somewhat? Herbert Spencer's definition of life came to my mind : " Life is a definite combination of heterogeneous changes, both...correspondence with external coexistences and sequences." All these definitions violate the first principles of clear and definite thinking, and seem to have...