Read more
Klappentext A best-seller in 1900! this book puts forward an evolutionist alternative religion! combining science and philosophy. Zusammenfassung Ernst Haeckel was a keen evolutionist! though he remained sceptical of natural selection. The Riddle of the Universe (1899) puts forward his belief that monism could unify science and philosophy to benefit human progress. The German edition was an instant success! and it appeared in English the following year. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Author's preface; 1. The nature of the problem; 2. Our bodily frame; 3. Our life; 4. Our embryonic development; 5. The history of our species; 6. The nature of the soul; 7. Psychic gradations; 8. The embryology of the soul; 9. The phylogeny of the soul; 10. Consciousness; 11. The immortality of the soul; 12. The law of substance; 13. The evolution of the world; 14. The unity of nature; 15. God and the world; 16. Knowledge and belief; 17. Science and Christianity; 18. Our monistic religion; 19. Our monistic ethics; 20. Solution of the world-problem; Index.
List of contents
Preface; Author's preface; 1. The nature of the problem; 2. Our bodily frame; 3. Our life; 4. Our embryonic development; 5. The history of our species; 6. The nature of the soul; 7. Psychic gradations; 8. The embryology of the soul; 9. The phylogeny of the soul; 10. Consciousness; 11. The immortality of the soul; 12. The law of substance; 13. The evolution of the world; 14. The unity of nature; 15. God and the world; 16. Knowledge and belief; 17. Science and Christianity; 18. Our monistic religion; 19. Our monistic ethics; 20. Solution of the world-problem; Index.
