...universe is what it is; if it acts upon us, we react upon it. Thus Herbert Spencer has defined life to be "the definite combination of heterogeneous changes,...simultaneous and successive, in correspondence with external coexistence and sequences." The hypothesis of evolution in its scientific aspect presents three factors,—...

...removed. It seems to me not only the best definition, but the only possible one. "' Life,' he says, ' is a definite combination , of heterogeneous changes, both...correspondence with external coexistences and sequences.'" "That defines the phenomenon," I said, " but gives no hint of its cause." "That," he replied, "is all...

...merely adaptation to constantly changing environment; a correspondence, or as Herbert Spencer says:— "The definite combination of heterogeneous changes,...simultaneous and successive, in correspondence with external conditions, existences and sequences," or in other words: "The continuous adjustment of internal relations...

...Continuity, Rhythm, and Freedom,"—true, perhaps, but not explanatory ; while Herbert Spencer declared it to be—" the definite combination of heterogeneous...correspondence with external co-existences and sequences." This is so technical and abstract as to be unintelligible to ordinary readers. The following attempt...

...more general sense, must consist in the manifestation of Life, properly so called. Life we have seen to be, " the definite combination of heterogeneous...correspondence with external co-existences and sequences." Hence, a biological individual is any concrete whole having a structure which enables it, when placed...

...interesting question, let us notice Mr. Spencer's definition of life. AVhen 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...

...going to the other extreme, that "it is itself death." Herbert Spencer's famous statement of it as a "definite combination of heterogeneous changes both...correspondence with external co-existences and sequences," while setting forth admirably its phenomena, fails to set forth the thing itself; is like speaking...

...of the attempts to define " Life" may serve as examples ; for instance, Herbert Spencer's phrase " the definite combination of heterogeneous changes,...correspondence with external co-existences and sequences." The sixth rule is directed against one special form of defining per obscurum —namely where the word...

...of the attempts to define " Life " may serve as examples ; for instance, Herbert Spencer's phrase " the definite combination of heterogeneous changes,...correspondence with external co-existences and sequences." The sixth rule is directed against one special form of defining per obscurum —namely where the word...

...many pages of close argument and rather formidable verbal gymnastics, arrived at this formula: Life is "the definite combination of heterogeneous changes,...correspondence with external coexistences and sequences"; or, more briefly, "The continuous adjustment of internal relations to external relations." A somewhat...