Lenka Ovčáčková:
The science-oriented monistic religion of Josef Adolf Bulova.

Abstract

The doctor of medicine Josef Adolf Bulova (1839–1903) was one of the first popularizers of Darwinism
in the Czech lands. Apart from the communication of Darwin’s work to the Czech
audience Bulova strived for the promotion of a science-oriented monistic worldview,
which was closely related to the ideas of the tireless propagator of Darwinism, the
doctor of medicine and zoologist Ernst Haeckel (1834–1919). Haeckel’s monistic
religion, which united Darwin’s theory of evolution and Goethe’s Naturphilosophie,
was for Bulova the essential source of inspiration, although his specific pantheistically
determined monistic religion represents a distinct naturphilosophical conception.

Language: czech

Keywords: monistic worldview • Ernst Haeckel • Josef Adolf Bulova • pantheism • popularization of Darwinism