Pioneers of evolution from Thales to Huxley. With an intermediate chapter on the causes of arrest of the movement

Edward Clodd

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IN MEMORY of Dr. Clement A. Whiting PRESENTED BY Dr. Lillian Berlier OF EVOLUTION'PIONEERS THALES TOFROM HUXLEY WITH AN INTERMEDIATE CHAPTER ON THE CAUSES OF ARREST OF THE MOVEMENT BY CLODDEDWARD PRESIDENT OF THE FOLK-LORE SOCIETY AUTHOR OF THE CHILDHOOD OF THE WORLD, THE STORY OF CREATION, THE STORY OF PRIMITIVE ETC.MAN, WITH PORTRAITS NEW YORK D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 1897 - MI-iT, COPYRIGHT, 1897, BY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY. BELOVEDTO MY A. A. L. AND HELPWHOSE FELLOWSHIP HAVE SWEETENED LIFE. .PREFACE. THIS book needs brief introduction. It at-only to tell the of the of the Evolutiontempts story origin idea in after of the revivalIonia, and, arrest,long that idea in modernof. when its andtimes, profound influence on in allpermanent directions,thought on human relations and isand, therefore, conduct, apparent Between birth and revival there were the cen- turies of when thesuspended animation, nepenthe of the the Churchreason;dogma drugged teaching, arid the the laity mechanically accepting, sufficiency of the Councils to de-and of the GeneralScriptures cide on matters which lie outside the domain of both. Hence the for thenecessity particularizing causes which arrested advance inactively knowledge for sixteen hundred years. In the in theindicating parts severally played illus-Renascence of Evolution a small ofby group trious the the of Mr.men, writer, through courtesy PREFACE.

Sujets

• Évolution
• HIStory
• Philosophy
• Spencer
• Huxley

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• Publié par: les_archives_du_savoir
• Nombre de lectures: 21
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 10 Mo

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IN MEMORY
of
Dr. Clement A. Whiting
PRESENTED BY
Dr. Lillian BerlierOF EVOLUTION'PIONEERS
THALES TOFROM HUXLEY
WITH AN INTERMEDIATE CHAPTER ON
THE CAUSES OF ARREST OF THE MOVEMENT
BY
CLODDEDWARD
PRESIDENT OF THE FOLK-LORE SOCIETY
AUTHOR OF THE CHILDHOOD OF THE WORLD,
THE STORY OF CREATION,
THE STORY OF PRIMITIVE ETC.MAN,
WITH PORTRAITS
NEW YORK
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
1897-
MI-iT,
COPYRIGHT, 1897,
BY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY.