Diderot and the metamorphosis of species
By: Mary Efrosini Gregory
Series: Studies in philosophy; Studies in philosophy (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
Subjects: Diderot, Denis, -- 1713-1784 -- Criticism and interpretation; Evolution in literature; Nature in literature; Human evolution -- Philosophy; Philosophy of nature
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-211) and index
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Chaos, flux, time, and probability; title: Embryology, epigenesis, and the metamorphosis of species; title: Spontaneous generation; title: The chain of beings; title: The mutability of species; title: The ascent of consciousness; title: Conclusion