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We are here concerned only with conditional purposes, in limited times and spaces; unconditioned purposes find their explanation in an eternal Will, not generated in a process of thought. The only adaptability whose cause we perceive is that of our own actions. It arises from the willing of the purpose, and the consideration of the means. | We are here concerned only with conditional purposes, in limited times and spaces; unconditioned purposes find their explanation in an eternal Will, not generated in a process of thought. The only adaptability whose cause we perceive is that of our own actions. It arises from the willing of the purpose, and the consideration of the means. | ||
If, now, we find a body consisting of ponderable matter, in which there is a consummate system of relations of action to purpose, we can accept in explanation of this adaptability an enduring, individual thought-process; and this hypothesis will be most probable if (1) these adaptabilities are not already complete (Tum Abschluss kommen) in parts of the body; and, (2) there is no reason to seek the cause of them in a larger whole, to which the body belongs. | If, now, we find a body consisting of ponderable matter, in which there is a consummate system of relations of action to purpose, we can accept in explanation of this adaptability an enduring, individual thought-process; and this hypothesis will be most probable if (1) these adaptabilities are not already complete (Tum Abschluss kommen) in parts of the body; and, (2) there is no reason to seek the cause of them in a larger whole, to which the body belongs.* | ||
“When the body of the lower soul dies,” says Fechner, “the upper soul takes up the lower from its life of perception into its memorial life (Erinnerungsleben).” The souls of dead creatures should thus form the elements for the soul-life of the earth. | “When the body of the lower soul dies,” says Fechner, “the upper soul takes up the lower from its life of perception into its memorial life (Erinnerungsleben).” The souls of dead creatures should thus form the elements for the soul-life of the earth. | ||