The World of Life (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

A Manifestation of Creative Power, Directive Mind and Ultimate Purpose

Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science
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Author: Alfred Russel Wallace ISBN: 9781411464896
Publisher: Barnes & Noble Publication: March 6, 2012
Imprint: Barnes & Noble Language: English
Author: Alfred Russel Wallace
ISBN: 9781411464896
Publisher: Barnes & Noble
Publication: March 6, 2012
Imprint: Barnes & Noble
Language: English

In his 1910 preface Alfred Russel Wallace writes that his book, subtitled “A Manifestation of Creative Power, Directive Mind and Ultimate Purpose,” is a half-century of thought on evolution, covering plant life, geological formations, natural selection and, finally (going a step further than Darwin), the idea that evolution might suggest that the universe had a purpose or a “Life Principle”—the ultimate purpose of that life-development being Man.

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In his 1910 preface Alfred Russel Wallace writes that his book, subtitled “A Manifestation of Creative Power, Directive Mind and Ultimate Purpose,” is a half-century of thought on evolution, covering plant life, geological formations, natural selection and, finally (going a step further than Darwin), the idea that evolution might suggest that the universe had a purpose or a “Life Principle”—the ultimate purpose of that life-development being Man.

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