Cosmos, Vol. 4

The sequence of superimposed layers of the earth is so closely related to the chronometry the measurement of time through geological layers of the elevation of lands and mountain ranges, that it seemed more appropriate to me—given the interconnection of great and widespread phenomena—not to establish the very natural separation of organic and inorganic earthly life as a primary element of classification in a work about the Cosmos. We are not dealing here with a morphological relating to the form and structure of organisms point of view, but rather, and preferably, with a view of nature and its acting forces that strives toward totality.

The vocabulary list below reflects the key technical terms used by the author in this section.

Layers of the earth, chronometry, elevation of lands and mountains, phenomena, Cosmos, classification, morphological point of view, totality, forces of nature.