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... Darwin ( 1731-1802 ) , Charles Darwin's grand- father . Like many other medical practitioners of the century Darwin wrote verse , and McNeil's paper is concerned with his long , didactic poems rather than with his prose works . This is ...
... Darwin ( 1731-1802 ) , Charles Darwin's grand- father . Like many other medical practitioners of the century Darwin wrote verse , and McNeil's paper is concerned with his long , didactic poems rather than with his prose works . This is ...
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... Darwin's allegiances were precisely with this self - con- sciously modernizing , efficient group of industrialists , rather than with those who actually carried out the productive pro- cesses . Darwin's poetry extolled the achievements ...
... Darwin's allegiances were precisely with this self - con- sciously modernizing , efficient group of industrialists , rather than with those who actually carried out the productive pro- cesses . Darwin's poetry extolled the achievements ...
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... Darwin's project of bringing together science and poetry . I will argue that Darwin's attempt to integrate the worlds of science and poetry was neither fortuitous nor eccentric . Hence , my first premise is that the Darwinian project ...
... Darwin's project of bringing together science and poetry . I will argue that Darwin's attempt to integrate the worlds of science and poetry was neither fortuitous nor eccentric . Hence , my first premise is that the Darwinian project ...
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Contributors | 7 |
Introduction | 15 |
Nature as Ethical Norm in the Enlightenment | 51 |
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