Evolution, Old & New: Or, the Theories of Buffon, Dr. Erasmus Darwin and Lamarck,; as compared with that of Charles DarwinButler, Samuel
Philosophy
Evolution, Old & New: Or, the Theories of Buffon, Dr. Erasmus Darwin and Lamarck,; as compared with that of Charles Darwin
Butler, Samuel
Evolution (Biology) -- History
---- it is easy to hide our, under such expressions as "plan of
creation," or natural selection, 358
Imitation, instinct not referable to, as maintained by Erasmus
Darwin, 202
Immutability of species and design commonly accepted together, 9, 10
Improvements, small successive, in man's inventions, 44, 46,
47, 54, 55, 384
Inaccuracy of thought, C. Darwin accused of, 359
Incipiency, of complex structures, a difficulty in the way of the
Natural selection view of evolution, 21, 22
Incorporate, the designer is, with the organism, 30
Increase, geometrical ratio of Buffon on the, 123
---- Lamarck on, 280
---- Patrick Matthew on, 320, 321
Indefinite, with C. Darwin the variations are, 342, 344
Indifference, I say I am more indifferent than I think I am, whether
mind is or is not the least misleading symbol for the cause that
sustains the universe, 371
Indirect action of conditions of existence according to
Lamarck, 294, 299, 306. (_See_ "Conditions of Existence")
Individuality, Buffon on, 128
---- of buds, Erasmus Darwin on the, 207, 208
---- our, a _consensus_, or full-flowing river, 318
Infallibility, possible results of the doctrine of Papal, 406
Insectivorous plants, Erasmus Darwin on, 206
Instep, ligament that binds the tendons of the, Paley on the, 22
Instinct, present, does not bar its having arisen in reason and
reflection, 53, 54
---- returns to its earlier phase, _i. e._ to reason on the presence
of the unfamiliar, 54, 55, 56
---- and reason, Buffon on, 110-116
---- Darwin, Erasmus, on, 115, 116, 204
---- not referable to imitation, as maintained by Erasmus Darwin, 202
---- is reason become habitual, 203
---- reason perfected and got by rote, 256
---- and reason, Lamarck on, 256, 257, 274
---- referred to experience and memory, by Patrick Matthew, 322
Insult, "Evolution, Old and New," not intended as an insult to men
of science, 392
Interaction of want and power, 44, 45, 47, 217, 218, 221, 300, 323
---- of body and mind, Lamarck on the, 338, 339, 341
Interesting, the more interesting the animal the more evolution Buffon
puts into his account of it, 84
Intermediate forms, Lamarck on, 283, 286
---- C. Darwin, 284, 285
Inventions, small successive improvements in man's, and development of,
analogous to that of organism, 44, 46, 47, 54, 55, 384
Irony, good-natured and the reverse, 91
---- an apology for, and explanation how far it is legitimate, 111, 112
---- Buffon's, 78, &c., 91, 92, 93, 155, 157, 163, 164
JARDINE, Sir W., on Buffon's character, 82
Johnson, Dr., and Erasmus Darwin, 184, 185
Joints, Paley on the human, 19, 20
Juggle, Paley's argument a juggle, unless man has had a _bona fide_
personal, and therefore organic designer, 14, 16
KNEE-PAN, Paley on the human, 18
Knowledge, nomenclature mistaken for, 141
LABOUR, glory comes after, if she can, 76
Lamarck, had brain upon the brain, 36
---- never quite recognized design, 39
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