Quote: our thoughts, like other vital phenomena, are the expression of molecular changes

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In his latest work ("An Introduction to the Classification of Animals,") published in 1859, Professor Huxley unhesitatingly adopts the "well founded doctrine, that life is the cause and not the consequence of organization." [p. 362] In his celebrated article "On the Physical Basis of Life," ... [he] arrives at the conclusion, that our "thoughts are the expression of molecular changes in that matter of life which is the source of our other vital phenomena." ... I shall endeavour to show, with as much brevity as is compatible with clearness, that this theory is not only incapable of proof, but is also, as it appears to me, inconsistent with accurate conceptions of molecular physics.   Google-1   Google-2

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Quote: the molecular basis of life is incapable of proof and inconsistent with molecular physics

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