Question: Petre Paul Negulescu (October 18, 1870 – September 28, 1951) was a Romanian philosopher and conservative politician, known as a disciple and continuator of Titu Maiorescu, Affiliated with Maiorescu's "Junimea" society from his early twenties, he debuted as a positivist and monist, attempting to reconcile art for art's sake, with which philosophy of culture, that was a common 19th century belief that organisms inherently improve themselves through progressive inherited change over time (orthogenesis), and increase in complexity through evolution?
Sentence (from "Evolutionism"): Evolutionism was a common 19th century belief that organisms inherently improve themselves through progressive inherited change over time (orthogenesis), and increase in complexity through evolution.
Relevant evidence: Yes