“ I see no good reasons why the views given in this volume should shock the religious feelings of any one. ”
Charles Darwin, On The Origin of Species (1859). copy citation
| Author | Charles Darwin |
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| Source | On The Origin of Species |
| Topic | religion science evolution |
| Date | 1859 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2009/2009-h/2009-h.htm |
Context
“No one now objects to following out the results consequent on this unknown element of attraction; notwithstanding that Leibnitz formerly accused Newton of introducing "occult qualities and miracles into philosophy."
I see no good reasons why the views given in this volume should shock the religious feelings of any one. It is satisfactory, as showing how transient such impressions are, to remember that the greatest discovery ever made by man, namely, the law of the attraction of gravity, was also attacked by Leibnitz, "as subversive of natural, and inferentially of revealed, religion."” source
I see no good reasons why the views given in this volume should shock the religious feelings of any one. It is satisfactory, as showing how transient such impressions are, to remember that the greatest discovery ever made by man, namely, the law of the attraction of gravity, was also attacked by Leibnitz, "as subversive of natural, and inferentially of revealed, religion."” source
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