The Wonders of Life: A Popular Study of Biological PhilosophyHaeckel, Ernst
Philosophy
The Wonders of Life: A Popular Study of Biological Philosophy
Haeckel, Ernst
Biology; Evolution (Biology); Life -- Origin
│to the concrete real form of │after fœtal life.) │
│the individual. │ │
└────────────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────┘
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ B. PHYSIOLOGY = THE SCIENCE OF FUNCTIONS. │
│ Physics and chemistry of the organism. │
├─────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────────┤
│B I. ERGOLOGY. │B II. PERILOGY. │
│ Physiology of work. │Physiology of relations. │
│5. Vegetal ergology. │7. Chorology. │
│Physiology of the vegetative │The science of distribution. │
│functions. │Biological geography and topography.│
│5_a_. Trophonomy. │The science of migrations. │
│The science of metabolism. │ │
│5_b_. Gonimatology. │ ──── │
│The science of reproduction. │ │
│ ──── │ │
│6. Animal ergology. │8. ŒCOLOGY. │
│6_a_. Phoronomy. │(or bionomy or ethology). │
│The science of movement. │The science of domestic life. │
│6_b_. Sensonomy. │Biological economy. │
│The science of sensation. │Relations of the organism to │
│6_c_. Psychology. │the environment, and to other │
│ │organisms with which it lives. │
└─────────────────────────────┴────────────────────────────────────┘
V
DEATH
Life and death--Individual death--Immortality
of the unicellulars--Death of the protists and
tissue-organisms--Causes of physiological death--Using up
of the plasma--Regeneration--Biotonus--Perigenesis of the
plastidules: memory of the biogens--Regeneration of protists and
tissue-organisms--Senile debility--Disease--Necrobiosis--The lot
of death--Providence--Chance and fate--Eternal life--Optimism
and pessimism--Suicide and self-redemption--Redemption from
evil--Medicine and philosophy--Maintenance of life--Spartan selection.
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