...conception of life. "In itself," he says, "it is of little moment whether we express the phsenomena of matter in terms of spirit; or the phenomena of spirit in terms of matter." This view he buttresses (Science and Morals) by calmly assuming that St. Augustine and Calvin were...

...supernatural ' have always meant the one physical and the other spiritual. Yet Huxley himself says : ' In itself it is of little moment whether we express...as a form of thought, thought may be regarded as a form of matter — each statement has a certain relative truth. But with a view to the progress of...

...the progress of science, the materialistic terminology is in every way to be preferred,' and ' We may express the phenomena of matter in terms of spirit ; or the phenomena of spirit in terms of matter.' Thus, in spite of his ' agnosticism,' he is a dogmatist for the gnosticism of what he calls science,...

...distinction between the materialistic and the spiritualistic conception of life. "In itself," he says, "it is of little moment whether we express the phenomena...spirit; or the phenomena of spirit in terms of matter." This view he buttresses (Science and Morals) by calmly assuming that St. Augustine and Calvin were...

...and no harm can accrue, so long as we bear in mind that we are dealing merely with terms and symbols. In itself it is of little moment whether we express...matter — each statement has a certain relative truth. But with a view to the progress of science, the materialistic terminology is in every way to be preferred....

...and no harm can accrue so long as we bear in mind that we are dealing merely with terms and symbols. In itself it is of little moment whether we express...matter — each statement has a certain relative truth. But with a view to the progress of science, the materialistic terminology is in every way to be preferred....

...and no harm can accrue, so long as we bear in mind that we are dealing merely with terms and symbola. But with a view to the progress of science, the materialistic terminology is in every way to be preferred....

...and to our thoughts and feelings. Is all this dreaming? Was Thomas Huxley a dreamer? Listen to him: " In itself it is of little moment whether we express...Spirit or the phenomena of Spirit in terms of Matter." A confession of their ultimate indistinguishability. They are different effects upon our apprehension...

...to our thoughts and feelings. Is all this dreaming? Was Thomas Huxley a dreamer? Listen to him : " In itself it is of little moment whether we express...Spirit or the phenomena of Spirit in terms of Matter." A confession of their ultimate indistinguishability. They are different effects upon our apprehension...

...dealing with Huxley's eirenicon to the contending materialists and idealists that it is ' in itself of little moment whether we express the phenomena...regarded as a property of matter — each statement has a relative truth.' 2 On the phenomenon in which Johnson was ' willing to believe ' the great philosopher...