What Charles Darwin thinks about consciousness

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British naturalist (1809 to 1882), born in Shrewsbury; sailed as naturalist on the five-year voyage of HMS Beagle from 1831; author of On the Origin of Species.

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1. c. 1872

   Our readingExpressions that oppose one another did not arise from conscious will

   Their wordsHence for the development of the movements which come under the present head, some other principle, distinct from the will and consciousness, must have intervened.

   ↗The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872)gutenberg.org All 18 from this book