Universal Evolution (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Universal Evolution Schools of Philosophy. - During the last fifty years the theory of Evolution has produced a revolution in the thoughts of the civilized world. Scientists have generally adopted the theory, and at present, after years of analytic study of all its features, are dividing themselves into two, or more schools. But in all the divisions there seems to be no denial of the basic principle, but merely, as usual upon all theories, a division of men along the lines of materialism and idealism. The aspect, which such a theory presents to the brain, depends upon the organization of the brain. To those brains which, before the renaissance of the idea of evolution, were not wholly in accord with finality, the theory now presents a material aspect, - one that can be called mechanistic. On the contrary, to that brain which was thoroughly imbued with the old order of ideality, or mysticism, it would take the form of a creative principle, in some way guided by some power either abstract, or personal. There are many forms of these two schools of evolutionists. This is natural, because no two brains are alike in structure, and therefore are dissimilar in ideas. The mechanistic school is that of Darwin, Huxley, Haeckel, Carl Vogt, etc. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.