内容简介: 1897年l2月,严复翻译的《天演论》在出版的天津《园闻汇编》。甫一问世,维新派优选者康有为惊叹“眼中未见有此等人”,称严复“为中国西学靠前者也”,由此开启了中国近代目前规模少见的思想变革,一时间仁人志士莫不以鼓民力、开民智、新民德相号召,而物竞天择、优胜劣汰的西方现代思想也在国人心中深深扎下了根。举凡蔡元培、梁启超、章太炎、王国维、鲁迅、胡适、陈寅恪、蒋廷黼等一大批近现代学者,其治学、为文的底里率皆以进化论为旨归;即或、、等创始人,早年亦在进化论的影响下走上了革命道路。 随着纪念达尔文诞辰200周年和《物种起源》发表150周年等活动,世人再度兴起新一轮研究进化论的热潮;而要厘清中国近代目前这场伟大的思想变革乃至此后人文.自然各学科领域的草创、发展,自当不容忽视这部开启了一个时代的惊天之作《天演论》。 摘要: "I have just read the Edinburgh, which, without doubt is by~. It is extremely malignant, clever, and, I fear, will be very damaging. He is atrociously severe on Huxley's lecture, and very bitter against Hooker. So we three enjoyed it together. Not that I really enjoyed it, for it made me uncomfortable for one night; but I have quite got over it today. It requires much study to appreciate all the bitter spite of many of the remarks against me; indeed I did not discover all myself. It scandalously misrepresents many parts. He misquotes some passages, altering words within inverted commas.... It is painful to be hated in the intense degree with which~hates me." As Owen was still alive when this letter was published in Darwin's Life, the authorship of the review was not actually mentioned; but it is necessary to mention it, as it justifies the sternness with which Huxley exposed Owen on an occasion shortly to be described. The review in the Quarterly wsls written by Wilberforce, the Bishop of Oxford, in July, i860, and almost at once the authorship of it became known to Darwin's friends. In connection with this, Huxley wrote in 1887, in Darwin,s Life and Letters: "I doubt if there was any man then living who had a better right (than Darwin) to expect that anything he might choose to say on such a question as the Origin of Species would be listened to with profound attention, and …… 目录: INTRODUCTION TO THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY I HUXLEY AND DARWIN II THE BATTLE FOR EVOLUTION PREFACE I EVOLUTION AND ETHICS I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV II EVOLUTION AND ETHICS III SCIENCE AND MORALS I II III
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