...what life means ; but we all understand very well what the thing is. Herbert Spencer defines life as " The definite combination of heterogeneous changes,...correspondence with external co-existences and sequences." This definition has been very much admired; and I suppose you all understand what it means. The latest...

...which take place within an individual without destroying its identity." The larger formula, " Life is the definite combination of heterogeneous changes,...correspondence with external co-existences and sequences" — maybe approved by some. Others choose, as simpler, " Life — including intelligence as the highest...

...which take place within an individual without destroying its identity." The larger formula, " Life is the definite combination of heterogeneous changes,...correspondence with external co-existences and sequences" — maybe approved by some. Others choose, as simpler, " Life — including intelligence as the highest...

...platform]. Aristotle defined life as " the cause of form in organisms." Herbert Spencer defines it as " the definite combination of heterogeneous changes,...correspondence with external co-existences and sequences." I prefer Aristotle's definition. It has been a part of the audacity of this platform, to define life...

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

...constituents of consciousness," is defective just here. Also, Herbert Spencer's definition of Life as "the definite combination of heterogeneous changes,...correspondence with external coexistences and sequences." (5) The definition must not be negative when it can be positive. A negative definition is valueless...

...completeness to our ideas. Previous formulas need not detain us now. Mr. Spencer's is, as we have seen, " the definite combination of heterogeneous changes,...correspondence with external coexistences and sequences." In framing this definition, Mr. Spencer proceeds upon the plan (which he counsels for general adoption)...

...platform]. Aristotle defined life as " the cause of form in organisms." Herbert Spencer defines it as " the definite combination of heterogeneous changes,...correspondence with external co-existences and sequences." I prefer Aristotle's definition. It has been a part of the audacity of this platform, to define life...

...is, and all our attempted explanations fall short of explanation. " Life," says Herbert Spencer, " is the definite combination of heterogeneous changes,...successive, in correspondence with external coexistences and sequerlces." This is an explanation which, like all others of the same kind, requires explanation....

...definition of life, Mr. Spencer, admitting that any definition must be imperfect, prefers this : " The definite combination of heterogeneous changes...simultaneous and successive, in correspondence with external co- existence and sequences ;" or more briefly, " The continuous adjustment of internal relations to...