What Thomas Henry Huxley thinks about agency
English biologist and advocate of Darwin's theory (1825 to 1895); author of Evolution and Ethics.
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1 dated position, c. 1893–1894, in their own words. Our reading of what Thomas Henry Huxley has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Our readingThe ethical progress of society depends on combating the cosmic process, not imitating or fleeing it
Their wordsLet us understand, once for all, that the ethical progress of society depends, not on imitating the cosmic process, still less in running away from it, but in combating it.
↗Evolution and Ethics: Prolegomena and Romanes Lecture (1893-1894)gutenberg.org All 17 from this book