Sinopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1860. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VIII. VEGETABLE LIFE.--MOTILE PLANTS. ABSENCE OF MENTAI, PROPERTIES IN THE LOWEST TYPES OF ANIMAL LIFE. UNITY IN THE PROGRESSIVE DEVELOPMENT OF MIND AND BODY IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM.--SENSATION THE FIRST INDICATION OF MIND.--PSYCHICAL PROPERTIES OF THE SEA-ANEMONE. THE ACTINIA AND THE HUMAN INFANT.--"ANIMAL" OR "NATURAL INSTINCT": ITS UNIVERSALITY IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM.--THE INSECT RACES: THEIR HIGHER PSYCHICAL POWERS; FITNESS OF THESE FOR THE USES OF THEIR VARIOUS ORGANS, MEMBERS, AND ACTIONS.--NECESSITY OF THE HIGHER PSYCHICAL POWERS OF INSECTS.--THE BEE.--ITS EMOTIONS.--EXPERIMENT TO PROVE THE PRESENCE OF ITS FEELING OF ANGER.--DO BEES THINK?ABSENCE OF EDUCABILITY IN INSTINCT.--" RATIONAL INSTINCT."--"REASON," OR INTELLIGENCE: ITS RELATIONS TO THE CEREBRUM: EDUCABILITY, AND DESIGN OR CONSCIOUS MOTIVE, TWO OF ITS CHARACTERISTICS.--THE TWO CROWS AND THE DOG. "INSTINCTIVE INTELLIGENCE."--THE DOMESTICATED ANIMALS AND MAN. NATURE OF THE DOG: ITS MORAL WORTH; ITS SENSE OF DUTY.--TREATMENT OF DOMESTICATED ANIMALS AND CHILDREN.--ATTRIBUTES OF PERFECT ANIMALS COMPARED WITH THOSE OF IMPERFECT MEN. CHARACTERISTICS OF HUMANITY, THE ANALOGUES OF THE NOBLER TRAITS IN THE HIGHER ANIMALS.--TILLOTSON'S VIEWS OF THE MORAL INSTINCTS OF MAN CONFIRMED BY COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY. THE DOG AND THE MAN.--MAN AND THE DEITY.--SUMMARY OF THE MENTAL ATTRIBUTES OF ANIMALS.--RETROSPECT. ARE THE WORM, THE FLY, AND THE BEE COMMONPLACE AND UNINTERESTING?--WHICH IS THE MOST INDISPENSABLE?--THE CARE OF THE ALMIGHTY FOR ALL HIS WORKS.--THE VARIOUS MEANS EMPLOYED BY HIM TO ATTAIN SIMILAR ENDS.--HIS CARE OF US.--THE RELATION OF THE HUMBLE CREATURES TO OURSELVES, AND OUR RELATION TO GOD.--CONCLUSION. It is a well-known fact, that certain plants are capable of performing movements of a l...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1860. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER VIII. VEGETABLE LIFE.--MOTILE PLANTS. ABSENCE OF MENTAI, PROPERTIES IN THE LOWEST TYPES OF ANIMAL LIFE. UNITY IN THE PROGRESSIVE DEVELOPMENT OF MIND AND BODY IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM.--SENSATION THE FIRST INDICATION OF MIND.--PSYCHICAL PROPERTIES OF THE SEA-ANEMONE. THE ACTINIA AND THE HUMAN INFANT.--"ANIMAL" OR "NATURAL INSTINCT": ITS UNIVERSALITY IN THE ANIMAL KINGDOM.--THE INSECT RACES: THEIR HIGHER PSYCHICAL POWERS; FITNESS OF THESE FOR THE USES OF THEIR VARIOUS ORGANS, MEMBERS, AND ACTIONS.--NECESSITY OF THE HIGHER PSYCHICAL POWERS OF INSECTS.--THE BEE.--ITS EMOTIONS.--EXPERIMENT TO PROVE THE PRESENCE OF ITS FEELING OF ANGER.--DO BEES THINK?ABSENCE OF EDUCABILITY IN INSTINCT.--" RATIONAL INSTINCT."--"REASON," OR INTELLIGENCE: ITS RELATIONS TO THE CEREBRUM: EDUCABILITY, AND DESIGN OR CONSCIOUS MOTIVE, TWO OF ITS CHARACTERISTICS.--THE TWO CROWS AND THE DOG. "INSTINCTIVE INTELLIGENCE."--THE DOMESTICATED ANIMALS AND MAN. NATURE OF THE DOG: ITS MORAL WORTH; ITS SENSE OF DUTY.--TREATMENT OF DOMESTICATED ANIMALS AND CHILDREN.--ATTRIBUTES OF PERFECT ANIMALS COMPARED WITH THOSE OF IMPERFECT MEN. CHARACTERISTICS OF HUMANITY, THE ANALOGUES OF THE NOBLER TRAITS IN THE HIGHER ANIMALS.--TILLOTSON'S VIEWS OF THE MORAL INSTINCTS OF MAN CONFIRMED BY COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY. THE DOG AND THE MAN.--MAN AND THE DEITY.--SUMMARY OF THE MENTAL ATTRIBUTES OF ANIMALS.--RETROSPECT. ARE THE WORM, THE FLY, AND THE BEE COMMONPLACE AND UNINTERESTING?--WHICH IS THE MOST INDISPENSABLE?--THE CARE OF THE ALMIGHTY FOR ALL HIS WORKS.--THE VARIOUS MEANS EMPLOYED BY HIM TO ATTAIN SIMILAR ENDS.--HIS CARE OF US.--THE RELATION OF THE HUMBLE CREATURES TO OURSELVES, AND OUR RELATION TO GOD.--CONCLUSION. It is a well-known fact, that certain plants are capable of performing movements of a l...
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