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... forces . Those members of the Lunar Society who were in direct contact with workers were repeatedly reminded of the ... force both ideologically and actively armed with Lunar Society visions of ' industrial progress ' . In 1783 while he ...
... forces . Those members of the Lunar Society who were in direct contact with workers were repeatedly reminded of the ... force both ideologically and actively armed with Lunar Society visions of ' industrial progress ' . In 1783 while he ...
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... force of the wedges them- selves . In 1838 Darwin writes in his notebook : ' One may say there is a force like a hundred thousand wedges trying [ to ] force every kind of adapted structure into the gaps in the economy of nature , or ...
... force of the wedges them- selves . In 1838 Darwin writes in his notebook : ' One may say there is a force like a hundred thousand wedges trying [ to ] force every kind of adapted structure into the gaps in the economy of nature , or ...
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... force and energy , saw in what he termed ' the persistence of force ' a vindication of the uniformity of nature and the doctrine of social evolution ( for an exploration of this point see Smith , 1970 , ch . 5 ; 1973 , 100 ) . The ...
... force and energy , saw in what he termed ' the persistence of force ' a vindication of the uniformity of nature and the doctrine of social evolution ( for an exploration of this point see Smith , 1970 , ch . 5 ; 1973 , 100 ) . The ...
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Contributors | 7 |
Introduction | 15 |
Nature as Ethical Norm in the Enlightenment | 51 |
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