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Excerpt from Man in the Past, Present and Future: A Popular Account of the Results of Recent Scientific Research Regarding the Origin, Position and Prospects of Mankind
In offering to a British Public this translation of Dr. Buchner's book on the "Position of Man in Nature," I must beg to inform my readers that I am by no means inclined to accept all the results at which Dr. Buchner has arrived. Thus I do not at all go with him in the extreme materialistic views which he holds with regard to the nature of life, and there are many of his opinions, especially upon moral and social questions, from which I thoroughly dissent.
My object in preparing this translation was simply to give English Readers an opportunity of learning the direction which thought is taking in a considerable section of the reading public in Germany. Among the popular scientific writers of that country Dr. Buchner decidedly stands in the first rank, and his opinions are therefore well worthy of consideration. In the present work his exposition of matters connected with the position of man in Nature will be found both interesting and instructive, even to those who are opposed to him in principle, -nay perhaps especially to them, as showing to what results the principles maintained by the school of thinkers to which Dr. Buchner belongs, necessarily lead.
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In offering to a British Public this translation of Dr. Buchner's book on the "Position of Man in Nature," I must beg to inform my readers that I am by no means inclined to accept all the results at which Dr. Buchner has arrived. Thus I do not at all go with him in the extreme materialistic views which he holds with regard to the nature of life, and there are many of his opinions, especially upon moral and social questions, from which I thoroughly dissent.
My object in preparing this translation was simply to give English Readers an opportunity of learning the direction which thought is taking in a considerable section of the reading public in Germany. Among the popular scientific writers of that country Dr. Buchner decidedly stands in the first rank, and his opinions are therefore well worthy of consideration. In the present work his exposition of matters connected with the position of man in Nature will be found both interesting and instructive, even to those who are opposed to him in principle, -nay perhaps especially to them, as showing to what results the principles maintained by the school of thinkers to which Dr. Buchner belongs, necessarily lead.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
Book Details
Format
Paperback
Pages
365 pages
Language
English
Published
Aug 24, 2018
Publisher
Forgotten Books
Editions
5 editions
ISBN-10
1330610342
ISBN-13
9781330610343