Happy birthday indeed. During my monthly pilgrimage to Watherstones, I picked up 'The voyage of The Beagle' and 'The Origin of the Speices' all bound neatly together in one single paper back(right handy for the commute to and from work), which is the very next book on my reading list(umm after the third of the fantasy trilogy I am half way through of course).
On 13 Feb, 10:43, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > Even Craig might have liked Darwin - as he spent a lot of time > shooting stuff up. Genetics might not have been a subject in his > time, but he was exposed to pigeon breeding and this did give insights > into inherited characteristics. His standards of self-criticism on > his own ideas have rarely been matched. Economics is sadly in need of > this today. > > On 13 Feb, 00:33, [email protected] wrote: > > > > > i liked that he thought a dog might be better than a wife. > > > On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 4:20 PM, frantheman > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > Charles Darwin is 200 years old today. He published "On the Origin of > > > Species" 150 years ago. > > > > Darwin was a genial thinker and, on of the things I find most > > > impressive about him, an honest intellect. Apart from his insights > > > into evolution and natural selection, one of the most fascinating > > > things about him was his spiritual journey, leading him from intended > > > study of theology in preparation for ordination as an Anglican > > > clergyman to a painful, honest acknowledgement of personal agnosticism > > > and a repudiation of Christian theological models. And this in > > > Victorian England. > > > > St. Charles the Evolved, my suggestion as a patron saint for Minds > > > Eye :-) > > > > Francis- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
