Harald Høffding Quote

Constant modification by the environment causes life to assume new forms, amongst others those forms under which it is now exhibited. We cannot, therefore, hope to explain the conscious life of the individual from his own experiences alone; we must go back to the experience of the race.


A History of Modern Philosophy, Book IX, C. The Philosophy of Evolution, 2. Herbert Spencer, (b) Biography and Characteristics, p. 455


Constant modification by the environment causes life to assume new forms, amongst others those forms under which it is now exhibited. We cannot,...

Constant modification by the environment causes life to assume new forms, amongst others those forms under which it is now exhibited. We cannot,...

Constant modification by the environment causes life to assume new forms, amongst others those forms under which it is now exhibited. We cannot,...

Constant modification by the environment causes life to assume new forms, amongst others those forms under which it is now exhibited. We cannot,...