Evolution
by F. B. Jevons
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About This Book
First published in 1900, this philosophical essay on Evolution questions how the acceptance of Evolution as scientific should influence the thoughts and actions of humankind from the perspective of morality and moral conduct. In his discussion, Frank B. Jevons deals with such subjects as pessimism and optimism towards evolutionary theory, the laws of motion and matter, and the importance of scientific evidence.
Chapters (432)
- THE CHURCHMAN'S LIBRARY
- EVOLUTION
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- EVOLUTION
- I. OPTIMISM
- II. ILLUSION
- III. PESSIMISM
- FOOTNOTES:
- IV. IDEALISM
- FOOTNOTES:
- V. THE REAL
- FOOTNOTES:
- VI. EVOLUTION AS THE REDISTRIBUTION OF MATTER AND MOTION
- FOOTNOTES:
- VII. NECESSITY
- VIII. INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE
- FOOTNOTES:
- IX. CONSEQUENCES
- FOOTNOTES:
- X. THE CHESS-BOARD
- FOOTNOTES:
- XI. THE COMMON FAITH OF MANKIND
- XII. PROGRESS
- XIII. EVOLUTION AS PURPOSE
- XIV. CONCLUSION
- APPENDIX
- ON BISHOP BERKELEY'S IDEALISM
- INDEX
- A CATALOGUE OF BOOKS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS OF METHUEN AND COMPANY PUBLISHERS: LONDON 36 ESSEX STREET W.C.
- CONTENTS
- Messrs. Methuen's ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Belles Lettres
- Methuen's Standard Library
- Little Biographies
- The Works of Shakespeare
- The Little Library
- Illustrated Books and Books for Children
- The Little Blue Books for Children
- History
- Biography
- Travel, Adventure and Topography
- General Literature
- Science
- Theology
- Oxford Commentaries
- The Churchman's Library
- The Churchman's Bible
- The Library of Devotion
- Leaders of Religion
- Educational Books
- Fiction
- The Novelist
- Methuen's Sixpenny Library
- A CATALOGUE OF Messrs. Methuen's PUBLICATIONS
- Poetry
- Belles Lettres, Anthologies, etc.
- Methuen's Standard Library
- The Works of Shakespeare
- The Novels of Charles Dickens
- Little Biographies
- The Little Library
- The Little Guides
- Illustrated and Gift Books
- History
- Byzantine Texts
- Biography
- Travel, Adventure and Topography
- Naval and Military
- General Literature
- Philosophy
- Science
- Theology
- Oxford Commentaries
- Handbooks of Theology
- The Churchman's Library
- The Churchman's Bible
- The Library of Devotion
- Leaders of Religion
- Fiction
- Marie Corelli's Novels
- Anthony Hope's Novels
- Gilbert Parker's Novels
- S. Baring Gould's Novels
- OTHER SIX-SHILLING NOVELS
- THREE-AND-SIXPENNY NOVELS
- HALF-CROWN NOVELS
- The Novelist
- Methuen's Sixpenny Library
- Books for Boys and Girls
- The Peacock Library
- University Extension Series
- Social Questions of To-day
- Classical Translations
- Educational Books
- CLASSICAL
- GERMAN
- SCIENCE
- Textbooks of Technology
- ENGLISH
- METHUEN'S COMMERCIAL SERIES
- WORKS BY A. M. M. STEDMAN, M.A.
- SCHOOL EXAMINATION SERIES
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