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coi'ding to Linnaeus, Cuvier, Agassiz, and the Natural Theories of 

 Development according to Lamarck, Goethe, and Darwin. — Con- 

 nection of the former with the Monistic (mechanical), of the latter 

 with the Dualistic Conception of the Universe, — Monism and 

 Matei-ialism. — Scientific and Moral Materialism. — The History of 

 Creation according to Moses. — Linnasus as the Founder of the Sys. 

 teraatic Description of Natui-e and Distinction of Species. — Linnseus' 

 Classification and Binary Nomenclature. — Meaning of Linnaeus' Idea 

 of Species. — His History of Creation. — Linnteus' view of the Origin 

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CHAPTER III. 



THE HISTORY OF CREATION ACCORDING TO CUYIER 



AND AGASSIZ. 



General Theoretical Meaning of the Idea of Species. — Distinction be- 

 tween the Theoretical and Practical Definition of the Idea of Species. 

 — Cuvier's Definition of Species. — Merits of Cuvier as the Founder 

 of Comparative Anatomy. — Distinction of the Four Principal Forms 

 (types or branches) of the Animal Kingdom, by Cuvier and Bar. — 

 Cuvier's Services to Palaeontology. — His Hypothesis of the Revo- 

 lutions of our Globe, and the Epochs of Creation separated by them. 

 — Unknown Supernatural Causes of the Revolutions, and the sub- 

 sequent New Creations. — Agassiz's Teleological System of Nature. 

 — His Conception of the Plan of Creation, and its six Categories 

 (groups in classification). — Agassiz's Views of the Creation of 

 Species. — Rude Conception of the Creator as a man -like being 

 in Agassiz's Hypothesis of Creation. — Its internal Inconsistency 

 and Contradictions with the important Palaeontological Laws dis- 

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CHAPTER IV. 



THEORY OF DEVELOPMENT ACCORDING TO GOETHE 



AND OKEN. 



Scientific InsnflBciency of all Conceptions of a Creation of Individual 

 Species — Necessity of the Counter Theories of Development. — 

 Historical Survey of the most Important Theories of Development. 

 — Aristotle. — His Doctrine of Spontaneous Generation. — The 

 Meaning of Nature-philosophy. — Goethe. — His Merits as a 

 Naturalist. — His Metamorphosis of Plants. — His Vertebral Theory 

 of the Skull. — His Discovery of the Mid Jawbone in Man. — 

 Goethe's Interest in the Dispute between Cuvier and Geoffroy 



