Excerpt from From the Greeks to Darwin
This volume has grown out Of lectures first delivered in Princeton in 1890, upon the period between Buffon and Darwin, and completed in a fuller course delivered in Columbia in 1893, which covered also the period before Buffon. When I began the study, my Obj ect was to bring forward the many strong and true features Of pre-darwinian Evolution, which are so gener ally passed over or misunderstood. When all the materials were brought together from the earliest times, the evidence of continuity in the develop ment Of the idea became more clear, and to trace these lines of development has gradually become the central motive Of these lectures. More thor ough research, which may, perhaps, be stimu lated by these outlines will, I believe, strengthen this evidence.
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Paperback. Condizione: New. Print on Demand. This book traces the intellectual development of the idea of evolution across two dozen centuries, from the first Greek anticipations to the birth of Darwinâs theory. The author argues that although the Greeks lacked the scientific method and knowledge necessary for a full understanding of evolution, they made significant speculative contributions to the idea. Greek natural philosophy, which was deeply influenced by observation of the natural world, produced theories of transformation and natural causation that foreshadowed later scientific discoveries. Aristotle, the culmination of Greek natural philosophy, developed a comprehensive theory of the natural world that included a rudimentary understanding of evolution. The book concludes that the Greek anticipations of evolution, though incomplete and often speculative, were a vital part of the intellectual history of the idea and laid the groundwork for its eventual scientific formulation. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Codice articolo 9781440044205_0
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Condizione: New. KlappentextrnrnFrom the Greeks to Darwin: An Outline of the Development of the Evolution Idea by Henry Fairfield Osborn is a piece of work that got its final shape and form through various lectures that the author had delivered in the past. The . Codice articolo 2148535285
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