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The Evolution of Theology an Anthropological Study

by Thomas Henry Huxley

2018-10-15 20:04:30

"I conceive that the origin, the growth, the decline, and the fall of those speculations respecting the existence, the powers, and the dispositions of beings analogous to men, but more or less devoid of corporeal qualities, which may be broadly inclu ... Read more
"I conceive that the origin, the growth, the decline, and the fall of those speculations respecting the existence, the powers, and the dispositions of beings analogous to men, but more or less devoid of corporeal qualities, which may be broadly included under the head of theology, are phenomena the study of which legitimately falls within the province of the anthropologist. And it is purely as a question of anthropology (a department of biology to which, at various times, I have given a good deal of attention) that I propose to treat of the evolution of theology in the following pages."-Thomas Huxley.Anthropology Less

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File size65.605 KB
Print pages58
PublisherPublic Domain Book
LanguageEnglish
ISBN1505816106
Thomas Henry Huxley PC PRS FLS FRS was an English biologist specialising in comparative anatomy. He is known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his advocacy of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution....

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