The Gospel of Evolution / From "The Atheistic Platform", Twelve Lectures
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The text presents a series of lectures arguing that a scientific understanding of evolution, conceived as the unity and continuity of phenomena with matter and motion as fundamental, replaces supernatural explanations. It distinguishes molar and molecular motions, treats life as a mode of molecular activity, and surveys transformations of matter and motion as revealed by physics, chemistry, and biology. The author critiques religious doctrines, cautions against turning scientific conclusions into dogma, and draws ethical and social implications concerning education, the measure of human worth beyond wealth, and the potential for wider human solidarity grounded in scientific knowledge.
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