 | 1858 - 1062 דפים
...completely dependent on the individual, or so much so. Yet all the evidence we possess respecting it points to one great conclusion, " and can leave no...necessary consequence of preceding circumstances." Nor is it merely the crimes of men which are marked by this uniformity of sequence. " Even the numbers... | |
 | James Martineau - 1900 - 428 דפים
...conditions. Of the inference to be drawn from such averages Mr. Buckle speaks thus confidently : ' Suicide is merely the product of the general condition of society, and the individual felon only carries into effect what is a necessary consequence of preceding circumstances.... | |
 | Henry Thomas Buckle - 1904 - 976 דפים
...this singular crime, it is surely an astonishing fact that all the evidence we possess respecting it points to one great conclusion, and can leave no doubt...effect what is a necessary consequence of preceding circumstances.27 In a given state of society a certain number of persons must put an end to their own... | |
 | 1865 - 608 דפים
...undergo any marked change. These actions are only the product of the general condition of society; and the individual felon only carries into effect what...necessary consequence of preceding circumstances. In a given state of society, a certain number of persons must, for instance, put an end to their own... | |
 | Sir Robert Harry Inglis Palgrave, Robert Harry Inglis Palgrave - 1901 - 824 דפים
...conveyed by such statements as " suicide is merely a product of the general condition of society, and the individual felon only carries into effect what...necessary consequence of preceding circumstances" (Venn, ioyie of Chance. 2d ed. ch. xviii. § 14 ; Buckle, History of Civilisation, vol. i. ch. i.)... | |
 | Owen Aloysius Hill - 1921 - 376 דפים
...experience. S. Statistics. Buckle says, " Suicide is the product of general conditions in society. The felon only carries into effect what is a necessary consequence of preceding circumstances, and all this is proved by statistics." Answer: Free will is compatible with general uniformity in even... | |
 | Robert Harry Inglis Palgrave, Henry Higgs - 1926 - 954 דפים
...conveyed by such statements as "suicide is merely a product of the general condition of society, and the individual felon only carries into effect what...necessary consequence of preceding circumstances" (Venn, Logic of Chance. 2d ed. oh. xviii. § 14 ; Buckle, History of Civilisation, yol. i. ch. i.)... | |
 | 1858 - 602 דפים
...we pos•" sess respecting it points to«one great conclusion, and can leave ' no doubt on our mind that suicide is merely the product of the ' general...that the individual felon only ' carries into effect that which is a necessary consequence of pre' ceding circumstances.' Granting Mr. Buckle's premisses,... | |
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These being the peculiarities of this singular crime, it is surely an astonishing fact, that all the evidence we possess respecting it points to one great conclusion, and can leave no doubt on our minds that suicide is merely the product of the general... 
