 | William Kirby, William Spence - Entomology - 1818 - 552 pages
...call the instincts of animals those unknown faculties implanted in their constitution by the Creator, by which, independent of instruction, observation,...the individual and the preservation of the species : and with this description, which is in fact merely a confession of ignorance, we must, in the present... | |
 | John Leonard Knapp - Animals - 1831 - 330 pages
...call the instincts of animals those unknown faculties implanted in their constitutions by tbe Creator, by which, independent of instruction, observation,...performance of certain actions tending to the well-being of tbe individual, and preservation of the species." THE EARLY MORNING. 165 hence is rather a tardy mover... | |
 | John Leonard Knapp - Natural history - 1831 - 326 pages
...call the instincts of animals those unknown faculties implanted in their constitutions by the Creator, by which, independent of instruction, observation,...end in view, they are impelled to the performance qf certain actions tending to the well-being of the individual, and preservation of the •pecies."... | |
 | Georges baron Cuvier - Zoology - 1832 - 696 pages
...call the instincts of animals those unknown faculties implanted in their constitution by the Creator, by which, independent of instruction, observation,...the individual and the preservation of the species ; and with this description, which is, in fact, merely a confession of ignorance, we must, in the present... | |
 | Edinburgh (Scotland) - 1841 - 504 pages
...implanted in animals, whereby, independent of instruction, observation, or experience, and without knowing the end in view, they are impelled to the performance of certain actions conducive to their own well-being, and the preservation of their species." But will those at all acquainted... | |
 | William Kirby, William Spence - Entomology - 1843 - 452 pages
...call the instincts of animals those unknown faculties implanted in their constitution by the Creator, by which, independent of instruction, observation,...the individual and the preservation of the species: and with this description, which is, in fact, merely a confession of ignorance, we must, in the present... | |
 | William Mackenzie - Natural history - 1844 - 264 pages
...causes are the instincts of animals developed '. Iristinct is a natural disposition to act agreeably to the wellbeing of the individual and the preservation of the species, without deliberate choice of means, or intelligent perception of the result. The perfection of instinct... | |
 | Caesar Otway - Animal psychology - 1847 - 56 pages
...implanted in animals, whereby, independent of instruction, observation, or experience, and without knowing the end in view, they are impelled to the performance of certain actions conducive to their own well being, and the preservation of their species." But will those at all acquainted... | |
 | L M. Budgen - 1851 - 492 pages
...Kirby, who considers them as " unknown faculties, implanted in their constitution by their Creator, by which, independent of instruction, observation,...actions tending to the well-being of the individual and preservation of the species." Such certainly would instinct seem to be ; but of how it thus impels,... | |
 | Literature - 1851 - 640 pages
...Creator, by which, independent of instruction, observation, or experience, and without a knowledue of the end in view, they are impelled to the performance...actions tending to the well-being of the individual and preservation of the species. Addison views instinct as an immediate and constant impulse of the Deity;... | |
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... we may call the instincts of animals those unknown faculties implanted in their constitution by the Creator, by which, independent of instruction, observation, or experience, and without a knowledge of the end in view, they are impelled to the performance... 
