The World of Life (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
A Manifestation of Creative Power, Directive Mind and Ultimate Purpose
Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Science
| 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.
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.
