Driesch
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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She is the stepdaughter of Mary Driesch and Ellen Weeden.
From New York Times • Sep. 2, 2018
Driesch considered this futile, since we never could reconstruct from such evidence anything certain in the history of the past.
From Unconscious Memory by Butler, Samuel
It is the theory that there is some other element—call it entelechy with Driesch, or call it what you like—in living things than those elements known to chemistry and physics.
From Science and Morals and Other Essays by Windle, Bertram Coghill Alan, Sir
Driesch sums up the results of his researches by saying:
From Religion and Science From Galileo to Bergson by Hardwick, John Charlton
Driesch is right to regard these experiments as incompatible with Weismann's theory.
From The Biological Problem of To-day Preformation Or Epigenesis? The Basis of a Theory of Organic Development by Hertwig, Oscar
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