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Radim Kočandrle – Karel Kleisner:
Evolution born moist: Analogies and parallels of Anaximander’s primeval evolution and Darwinian evolution


2011, Volume 44, Issue 4, pp. 219-236

Abstract

The study deals with the origin of life as presented in the thought of Anaximander of Miletus. Further, it compares parallel motifs of Anaximander’s philosophy with much later conceptions – pre-Darwinian German romantic science and post-Darwinian twentieth century biology.

Keywords

Anaximander; anthropogony; evolution; moisture; zoogony

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