Evolution. F. B. Jevons

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4064066173449

Table of Contents

       PREFACE

       EVOLUTION

       I. OPTIMISM

       II. ILLUSION

       III. PESSIMISM

       IV. IDEALISM

       V. THE REAL

       VI. EVOLUTION AS THE REDISTRIBUTION OF MATTER AND MOTION

       VII. NECESSITY

       VIII. INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE

       IX. CONSEQUENCES

       X. THE CHESS-BOARD

       XI. THE COMMON FAITH OF MANKIND

       XII. PROGRESS

       XIII. EVOLUTION AS PURPOSE

       XIV. CONCLUSION

       APPENDIX

       ON BISHOP BERKELEY'S IDEALISM

       INDEX

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PREFACE

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      The object of this volume is to raise the question: if we accept the Theory of Evolution as true in science, how should it modify the thought and action of a man who wishes to do his best in this world? The question is necessary because we find that different and inconsistent conclusions on the point have been reached by men speaking in the name of science and speaking with authority. These differences