{"id":3482,"date":"2011-03-24T09:28:03","date_gmt":"2011-03-24T09:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monochromist.com\/2011\/03\/24\/it-may-be-said-that-so-far-from-having-a\/"},"modified":"2011-03-24T09:28:03","modified_gmt":"2011-03-24T09:28:03","slug":"it-may-be-said-that-so-far-from-having-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2011\/03\/24\/it-may-be-said-that-so-far-from-having-a\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

It may be said that, so far from having a materialistic tendency, the supposed introduction into the earth at successive geological periods of life \u2014 sensation, instinct, the intelligence of the higher mammalia bordering on reason, and lastly, the improvable reason of Man himself \u2014 presents us with a picture of the ever-increasing dominion of mind over matter.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The exact phrase\u00a0\u201dmind over matter\u201d;first appeared in 1863 in\u00a0The Geological Evidence of the Antiquity of Man;\u201dSir Charles Lyell\u201d ;(1797&;1875) and refers to the increasing status and evolutionary growth of the minds of animals and man throughout Earth history<\/em> (via adukuraha<\/a>)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It may be said that, so far from having a materialistic tendency, the supposed introduction into the earth at successive geological periods of life \u2014 sensation, instinct, the intelligence of the higher mammalia bordering on reason, and lastly, the improvable reason of Man himself \u2014 presents us with a picture of the ever-increasing dominion of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"quote","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-quote","hentry","category-video_graphics","post_format-post-format-quote"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5sGHy-Ua","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":696,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2013\/08\/15\/egyptian-city-found-underwater\/","url_meta":{"origin":3482,"position":0},"title":"odditiesoflife: Egyptian City Found Underwater\u2026","author":"monochromist","date":"August 15, 2013","format":"gallery","excerpt":"odditiesoflife: Egyptian City Found Underwater 1,200 years ago the ancient Egyptian city of Heracleion disappeared beneath the Mediterranean. 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