Communication and coordination
The Nervous System
The pathway given a central role in Stephenson’s account of transmission.
The big idea
Principle 28 describes the nervous system as the conductor of Innate forces in animal bodies. This helps explain why the brain, nerves, and spine appear so often in these writings. Learn the author’s proposed role before following his further conclusions.
An everyday illustration
A network of routes connects different locations. The route image helps you follow why transmission matters in the argument.
An original illustration to help explain the idea, not a quotation or evidence of a biological mechanism.
In the author’s words
“The forces of Innate Intelligence operate through or over the nervous system in animal bodies.”
1927 edition · PDF page 31
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Read it in context
This page introduces the nervous system’s place in historical philosophy. The claim about “Innate forces” is not a complete account of modern neurophysiology.
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