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Luck, or Cunning, as the Main Means of Organic Modification

by Samuel Butler

Level C1 · AdvancedPhilosophy23 chapters
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About this book

Explore a bold critique of Darwinian natural selection, proposing that heredity resembles memory and that intentional design shapes organic evolution. Challenge prevailing views as the book reconsiders the forces driving life's development.

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23 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

02p. 6Note
03p. 7Author’s Preface to First Edition
04p. 13Chapter I Introduction
05p. 28Chapter II Mr. Herbert Spencer
06p. 42Chapter III Mr. Herbert Spencer (continued)
07p. 52Chapter IV [52a] Mr. Romanes’ “Mental Evolution in Animals”
08p. 70Chapter V Statement of the Question at Issue
09p. 80Chapter VI Statement of the Question at Issue (continued)
10p. 100Chapter VII (Intercalated) Mr. Spencer’s “The Factors of Organic Evolution”
11p. 112Chapter VIII Property, Common Sense, and Protoplasm
12p. 125Chapter IX Property, Common Sense, and Protoplasm (continued)

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