PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS OF EVOLUTION 



found in man. If we want to understand the mystery of the 

 material world, we should look at man, for in man a little of 

 that mystery is revealed to us. 



The theory of evolution is usually considered as a degrada- 

 tion of the status of man. It is the purpose of this paper to 

 stress that we can better consider it as an elevation of the 

 status of matter, for evolution shows the meaning of its 

 potencies and tendencies. 



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