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Evolution, Old & New

Evolution, Old & New

Butler, Samuel

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Classic Fiction

ISBN10: 1523895799
ISBN13: 9781523895793
Publisher: Createspace
Published: May 5 2016
Pages: 98
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.20 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.02
Language: English
Of all the questions now engaging the attention of those whose destiny has commanded them to take more or less exercise of mind, I know of none more interesting than that which deals with what is called teleology-that is to say, with design or purpose, as evidenced by the different parts of animals and plants. The question may be briefly stated thus: - Can we or can we not see signs in the structure of animals and plants, of something which carries with it the idea of contrivance so strongly that it is impossible for us to think of the structure, without at the same time thinking of contrivance, or design, in connection with it? It is my object in the present work to answer this question in the affirmative, and to lead my reader to agree with me, perhaps mainly, by following the history of that opinion which is now supposed to be fatal to a purposive view of animal and vegetable organs. I refer to the theory of evolution or descent with modification

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