Evolutionism in Eighteenth-Century French Thought
Produktnummer:
18b1f0fcf1e1524ef89cadd3a1d05ce041
| Autor: | Gregory, Mary Efrosini |
|---|---|
| Themengebiete: | Benoît de Maillet Charles de Secondat Denis Diderot Evolutionismus Frankreich François-Marie Arouet de Voltaire Georges Louis Leclerc Geschichte 1700-1800 Julien Offray de La Mettrie Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis |
| Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 28.10.2008 |
| EAN: | 9781433103735 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Produktart: | Gebunden |
| Verlag: | Peter Lang Publishing Inc. New York |
Produktinformationen "Evolutionism in Eighteenth-Century French Thought"
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.
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