Again, propagationisofonemodeinthehigheranimals, oftwoinallplants; butvegetativepropagation,bybuddingoroffshoots, , orindifferenceinthisrespect, orcontinuedandorganicunionwiththeparentstock; andthiseitherwithessentialindependenceoftheoffshoots, orwithasubordinationofthesetoacommonwhole; orfinallywithsuchsubordinationandamalgamation, alongwithspecializationoffunction, thatthesameparts, whichinothercasescanberegardedonlyasprogeny, inthesebecomeonlymembersofanindividual.
Thisleadstothequestionofindividuality, ,however, is, thatindividuality—thatverygroundofbeingasdistinguishedfromthing—, itisonlyinthelowestandsimplest, wherethebeingisastructuralunit, asinglecell, memberlessandorganless, thoughorganic—thesamethingasthosecellsofwhichallthemorecomplexplantsarebuiltup, andwithwhicheveryplantand (structurally) , sotosay, strivenafter, butneverattained; intheloweranimalsitisstrivenafterwithgreaterthoughincompletesuccess; itisrealizedonlyinanimalsofsohigharankthatvegetativemultiplicationoroffshootsareoutofthequestion, whereallpartsarestrictlymembersandnothingelse, andallsubordinatedtoacommonnervouscentre—isfullyrealizedonlyinaconsciousperson.
