ARCL 140 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Body Fluid, Georges Cuvier, Middle Ages
4 Feb 2017
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Scientific theories that influenced darwin and wallace. Aristotle did field observations and made inferences based on the observations. Zenith of belief in the middle ages. Celestial beings were added to the scale. All manner of life and spiritual beings. All situated around the idea of merely existing, to having life, to having movement and appetite. Spiritual beings were anything that had a soul - rid yourself of the appetites and desires that were a part of the physical realm. Humans were a part of both realms because they also had a soul. Within the labels, there were subdivisions based on rank, class (humans), food chain (animals), growth (plants) etc. The physical world is in a state of becoming, the spiritual world is a state of being, you are and you always were and will be. James ussher wanted to know how old the world was - the only reliable source around was the bible.
