Evolutionism In Eighteenth Century French Thought

Author : Mary Efrosini Gregory
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 1433103737

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Evolutionism in Eighteenth-century French Thought by Mary Efrosini Gregory Pdf

This book examines how eight eighteenth-century French theorists - Maillet, Montesquieu, La Mettrie, Buffon, Maupertuis, Diderot, Rousseau, and Voltaire - addressed evolutionism. Each thinker laid down a building block that would eventually open the door to the mutability of species and a departure from the long-held belief that the chain of beings is fixed. This book describes how the philosophes established a triune relationship among contemporary scientific discoveries, random creationism propelled by the motive and conscious properties of matter, and the notion of the chain of being, along with its corollaries, plenitude and continuity. Also addressed is the contemporary debate over whether apes could ever be taught to speak as well as the issue of race and the family of man.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 814 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1998-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 0804780838

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The Life Sciences in Eighteenth-Century French Thought by Anonim Pdf

Available for the first time in English, Roger's masterwork of intellectual history situates the life sciences within the larger context of French Enlightenment thought and the history of institutions.

Author : Jacques Roger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 760 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Biology
ISBN : OCLC:1057976096

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The Life Sciences in Eighteenth-century French Thought by Jacques Roger Pdf

Author : Mary Efrosini Gregory
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Philosophy, French
ISBN : 1433109395

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Freedom in French Enlightenment Thought by Mary Efrosini Gregory Pdf

Freedom in French Enlightenment Thought examines how five eighteenth-century French theorists - Montesquieu, Diderot, Rousseau, Voltaire, and Condorcet - kindled the flame of freedom in America and France. Each thinker laid down a building block that would eventually inspire the language in constitutions around the world. They held that citizens have certain inalienable rights that are dictated by natural law and endowed to all by our Creator; that these rights include equality before the law, justice, safety and security of persons and property, and freedom of speech, press, assembly, and religion. Montesquieu recommended three separate branches of government that function independently of each other. Diderot held that there is no true sovereign, except the nation; that there is no true legislator, except the people. Rousseau advised that the individual will must be subordinate to the general will and private interest to that of the community: he warned against legislators who act from their own financial interests and enact laws to aggrandize themselves. Voltaire believed that selfishness, greed, and the desire for luxury are not only part of human nature, but that they compel people to achieve, trade with others, search, explore, and invent: the passions are the engine that makes capitalism run and that stimulate all human endeavor. Condorcet, a champion of civil rights, boldly proclaimed equality for women, blacks, and the poor. The philosophes held that free and universal public education will permit more citizens to participate in the progress of the arts and sciences and will improve the standard of living among all strata of society. An unrestrained press permits citizens to make informed decisions. Their polemics have indeed changed the face of the world.

Author : Rebecca Stott
Publisher : Random House Digital, Inc.
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781400069378

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Darwin's Ghosts by Rebecca Stott Pdf

Citing an 1859 letter that accused Charles Darwin of failing to acknowledge his scientific predecessors, a chronicle of the collective history of evolution dedicates each chapter to an evolutionary thinker, from Aristotle and da Vinci to Denis Diderot to the naturalists of the Jardin de Plantes. 20,000 first printing.

Author : Gianni Paganini,Margaret C. Jacob,John Christian Laursen
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781487504618

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Clandestine Philosophy by Gianni Paganini,Margaret C. Jacob,John Christian Laursen Pdf

Clandestine Philosophy is the first work in English entirely focused on the philosophical clandestine manuscripts that preceded and accompanied the birth of the Enlightenment.

Author : Carey Krajewski,Patricia A... Woolley,Michael Westerman
Publisher : CSIRO PUBLISHING
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2024-01-22
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781486315956

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The Evolution of Dasyurid Marsupials by Carey Krajewski,Patricia A... Woolley,Michael Westerman Pdf

The marsupial family Dasyuridae has a history of study extending from 18th century naturalists to the modern genomics era. The Evolution of Dasyurid Marsupials: Systematics and Family History tells the story of dasyurid evolution as it unfolded in the context of changing world views on biodiversity, biotic history and scientific methodology, from its roots in Enlightenment taxonomy to its transformation by the Darwinian and Hennigian revolutions, and then its maturation as statistical phylogenetics and phylogenomics. Research on dasyurids includes every major approach in animal systematics, including some for which few comparable examples exist. It extends beyond the recent consensus on species relationships to include the timing of diversification, historical biogeography and the evolution of key phenotypic traits. This book introduces readers to living and fossil dasyurids, the questions evolutionary biologists have asked about them, the inferential methods used to answer those questions and the implications of those answers for understanding the history of this fascinating marsupial family. It offers a comprehensive synthesis of dasyurid evolutionary biology for students, teachers and researchers in mammalian evolution and marsupial biology.

Author : Peter J. Bowler
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 485 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2003-07
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780520236936

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Evolution by Peter J. Bowler Pdf

The comprehensive and authoritative source on the development and impact on one of the most controversial of scientific theories.

Author : L.R. Free
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 107 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-17
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789401572934

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Virtue, Happiness and Duclos’ Histoire de Madame de Luz by L.R. Free Pdf

Charles Pinot Duclos' biography dramatizes the evolution from the rigid separation of the aristocratic and plebeian classes in the seventeenth century to the gradual social democratization in the eighteenth. This son of a Brittany merchant from the little village of Dinan rose to social prominence in the aristocratic salon circles of Paris and to literary pre eminence, as attest contemporary memoirs, the success of his novels, histories and moral writings as well as his official positions - a member of two academies, Royal Historiographer, Perpetual Secretary of the French Academy -a feat nearly impossible in the stratified society of seventeenth century France. Moreover, not only was Duclos, the exceptional con versationalist, a persona grata among the Parisian social elite, but he was also aligned with the progressive philosophical forces, a friend or ally of the foremost mid-century men of letters. Indeed, as Karl Toth has so ably demonstrated, Duclos perhaps more than any other important writer 1 of his day can be considered the true representative of his Age. 1 Karl Toth, Woman and Rococo in France (London, 1931), p. 29. For amplified documentation on the character and life of Duclos consult the following sources: Louis Simon Auger, "Notice sur Duclos," Oeuvres completes de Duclos, Paris, 1806. Emile Henriot, "Un honnete homme au XVIIIe siecle -Duclos," La Nouvelle Revue (oct.-nov. 1910), XVII, pp. 553-64; (nov.-dec. 1910) XVIII, pp. 124-33. Leo Le Bourgo, Un homme de lettres au XVIII" siecle, Duclos, sa vie et ses ouvrages (Bordeaux, 1902).

Author : C. Stewart Gillmor
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2017-03-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781400886234

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Coulomb and the Evolution of Physics and Engineering in Eighteenth-Century France by C. Stewart Gillmor Pdf

In a period of active scientific innovation and technological change, Charles Augustin Coulomb (1736-1806) made major contributions to the development of physics in the areas of torsion and electricity and magnetism; as one of the great engineering theorists, he produced fundamental studies in strength of materials, soil mechanics, structural design, and friction. Stewart Gillmor gives a full account of Coulomb's life and an assessment of his work in the first biography of this notable scientist. Originally published in 1972. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : Josef Fulka
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2020-04-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027261489

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Deafness, Gesture and Sign Language in the 18th Century French Philosophy by Josef Fulka Pdf

The book represents a historical overview of the way the topic of gesture and sign language has been treated in the 18th century French philosophy. The texts treated are grouped into several categories based on the view they present of deafness and gesture. While some of those texts obviously view deafness and sign language in negative terms, i.e. as deficiency, others present deafness essentially as difference, i.e. as a set of competences that might provide some insights into how spoken language works. One of the arguments of the book is that these two views of deafness and sign language still represent two dominant paradigms present in the current debates on the issue. The aim of the book, therefore, is not only to provide a historical overview but to trace what might be called a “history of the present”.

Author : William VanDoodewaard
Publisher : Reformation Heritage Books
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2015-04-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781601783783

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The Quest for the Historical Adam by William VanDoodewaard Pdf

Was Adam really a historical person, and can we trust the biblical story of human origins? Or is the story of Eden simply a metaphor, leaving scientists the job to correctly reconstruct the truth of how humanity began? Although the church currently faces these pressing questions—exacerbated as they are by scientific and philosophical developments of our age—we must not think that they are completely new. In The Quest for the Historical Adam , William VanDoodewaard recovers and assesses the teaching of those who have gone before us, providing a historical survey of Genesis commentary on human origins from the patristic era to the present. Reacquainting the reader with a long line of theologians, exegetes, and thinkers, VanDoodewaard traces the roots, development, and, at times, disappearance of hermeneutical approaches and exegetical insights relevant to discussions on human origins. This survey not only informs us of how we came to this point in the conversation but also equips us to recognize the significance of the various alternatives on human origins. It also includes a foreword written by Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr. Table of Contents: 1. Finding Adam and His Origin in Scripture 2. The Patristic and Medieval Quest for Adam 3. Adam in the Reformation and Post-Reformation Eras 4. Adam in the Enlightenment Era 5. Adam in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries 6. The Quest for Adam: From the 1950s to the Present 7. What Difference Does It Make? Epilogue: Literal Genesis and Science?

Author : Theodore Besterman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1955
Category : Eighteenth century
ISBN : PURD:32754064900008

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Studies on Voltaire and the Eighteenth Century by Theodore Besterman Pdf

Author : Robert Eccleshall,Michael Kenny
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Political science
ISBN : 0719035694

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Western Political Thought by Robert Eccleshall,Michael Kenny Pdf

This is a guide to the vast amount of literature on the history of political thought which has appeared in English since 1945. The editors provide an annotation of the content of many entries and, where appropriate, indicate their significance, controversial nature and readability.

Author : A. N. Field
Publisher : TAN Books
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1992-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781505103519

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The Evolution Hoax Exposed by A. N. Field Pdf

Former Title: Why Colleges Breed Communists. Absolutely devastates Evolution as a credible theory. Studies the history; the theories; the "proof;" the propaganda campaign for; and the results of the theory of Evolution; plus gives the preponderating evidence against it. Great and sadly needed to dispel the now almost universal assumption that Evolution is true.