Abstract
WHEN one of the most powerful representatives of the Transcendental school of philosophy, himself possessing a knowledge of biological science, consents to do battle against the modern doctrines concerning Life and its assumed material substratum, Protoplasm, we may expect, at least, that the strongest arguments which can be adduced will be brought to bear against the obnoxious theories and their supposed materialistic tendencies. Still more especially must we prepare ourselves for battle à outrance, when the champion that steps forward is one who has already grappled so manfully with the “Secret of Hegel” and is otherwise so distinguished a leader amongst the adverse school of thinkers.
As regards Protoplasm, in relation to Professor Huxley's Essay on the Physical Basis of Life.
Pp. 68. By James Hutchinson Stirling., Edinburgh. (Blackwood and Sons. 1869.)
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BASTIAN, H. As regards Protoplasm, in relation to Professor Huxley's Essay on the Physical Basis of Life . Nature 1, 424–426 (1870). https://doi.org/10.1038/001424a0
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