nisus

1 And in physical causes, we do not observe the nisus of these causes, but only the phenomena which form the sequents of this nisus.

2 It is by the sequents of this nisus,—the effects produced in the external visible world, that he reveals himself to others.

3 Its volitions or its efforts, or its nisus to do, are limited only by the extent of its intelligence.

4 It is this nisus, or strong endeavour, of which we are conscious, that is the original impression from which this idea is copied.

5 It must, however, be confessed, that the animal nisus, which we experience, though it can afford no accurate precise idea of power, enters very much into that vulgar, inaccurate idea, which is formed of it.

6 Is not Mr. Hickson aware that la noise is a French noun-singular signifying a contention or dispute? and that the same word exists in the Latin nisus, a struggle?

7 This effort—this nisus—this volition—whatever we call it,—is in the will itself, and it becomes a phenomenon to us, because we are causes that know ourselves.

8 When the determination is in the direction of the sensitivity, there is a play of emotions and passions, but the will again knows only the nisus of power which carries it in this direction.

9 We cannot penetrate these second causes—we observe only their phenomena; but we know ourselves in the very first nisus of causation.

10 They put forth their nisus, and produce phenomena by a fixed and invariable law, established by the divine will.

11 Some have confounded it with the mystical nisus formativus, or formative principle of preceding theorists.

12 It is the nisus of the intelligent principle to bring itself into ascertained and well-ordered relations with the facts, agencies, and uses of nature, alike in her physical and spiritual domains.

13 The will is the cause of its own act; a cause per se, a cause self-conscious and self-moving; it obeys the reason by its own nisus.

14 Nisus had eluded pursuit and was out of danger.

尼索斯巧妙地躲开了他们的追踪,脱了险.

15 What we observe in relation to all causes—not ourselves, whether they be self-conscious or not, is not the nisus, but the sequents of the nisus.

16 The inherent nature of cause may be so constituted and fixed, that the nisus by which it determines itself to produce phenomena, shall take place according to invariable and necessary laws.

17 The nisus of heat to consume we do not observe; we observe merely the facts of combustion.

18 Some cases, usually classed under the so-called nisus formativus, at first appear to come under a distinct head; for not only are old structures reproduced, but structures which appear new are formed.

19 If cause have not within itself a nisus to produce phenomena, then wherein is it a cause?

20 To deny such a nisus would be to deny the activity, efficiency, and energy of cause.

1 企图

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2 奋斗

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3 努力

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4 斗争

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