Excerpt from The Principles of Physiological and Physical Science: Comprehending the Ends for Which Animated Beings Were Created; And Examination of the Unnatural and Artificial Systems of Philosophy Which Now Prevail Although the doctrine of materialism isnot proclaimed in.our philosophical, schools in word, I will maintain, that it is so indeed. I will maintain, that the existence of any immaterial, 'or spiritual principle, . Is sel dom, if ever, mentioned, much less employ ed, as constituting the cause of organisa tion, or of intellection; on the contrary, that it is to the organisation 'alone, and to the matter of which that organisation is composed, that the principle'of life and of mind, 'as effects, is immediately referred. This evil spirlt, if it dared, would even manifest itselfadv introduction. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.