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Forerunners of Darwin, 1745-1859

Forerunners of Darwin, 1745-1859

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Published to commemorate the centennial of the publication of Darwin's "Origin of Species", this volume brings together several important essays on the history of the idea of evolution. Included are discussions of Maupertuis, Buffon, Diderot, Kant, Herder, Lamarck, and Schopenhauer by such leading scholars as Arthur O. Lovejoy, Bentley Glass, Owsei Temkin, C. C. Gillispie, Francis C. Haber, and Jane Oppenheimer.

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Pub dateMar 1, 1968
ISBN-100801802229
ISBN-139780801802225
LanguageEnglish
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