Life and Habit - Couverture souple

Butler, Samuel

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0704504251 ISBN 13 : 9780704504257

Editeur : Wildwood House Ltd, 1981

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

William Bateson claimed at the Darwin Centenary in 1909 that Samuel Butler (1835–1902) was 'the most brilliant and by far the most interesting of Darwin's opponents, whose works are at length emerging from oblivion.' Best remembered today as the author of the novels Erewhon and The Way of All Flesh, he also wrote on a range of subjects from translations of Homer to studies of evolutionary thought. In his Life and Habit (published in 1878) Butler contended that much of inheritance was based on habit making a feature ingrained, to the extent that it could pass between generations. However, he strongly contests Darwin's views on natural selection, and supports those of Lamarck – who he felt was unjustly overlooked in the scientific rush to acclaim Darwin – and of St George Mivart, whose On the Genesis of Species, published in 1871, was another blast against natural selection by a disenchanted Darwinist.

Biographie de l'auteur

Samuel Butler (1835-1902) is best known for his utopian satire Erewhon, his posthumous novel The Way of All Flesh, and his translations of Homer. His family background made a career in the Church inevitable, but, while serving a low-income parish in London, he began to question his faith. He lived in New Zealand for five years, and later in life spent time in Italy.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wildwood House Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1981
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0704504251
• ISBN 13: 9780704504257
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
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