History 1401E Lecture : Darwin.doc
22 Mar 2012
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Darwin: life is a struggle outcome is natural selection. Darwin never uses the word evolution. (wasn"t really the first one with this theory but he was the first to have his theory published) Darwin is the only one with massive evidence. If darwin is right the bible is wrong . Life has no higher purpose if the bible is wrong. Darwin"s theories were applied to the social and economical world hmmm like karl. Competition and struggle is the natural way of life. Marx of the middle class . herbert spencer evolution was the universal law and effected everything . even planets. He argues that human history was the struggle for existence among social organisms . came up with the term survival of the fittest . Doesn"t like charity and welfare because the weak then are able to survive. Ppl love him very popular thinker in his time. White europeans were at the top and the most evolved.
