The Oldest Of All Philosophies, That Of Evolution, Was Bound Hand And
Foot And Cast Into Utter Darkness During The Millennium Of Theological
Scholasticism.
The oldest of all philosophies, that of Evolution, was bound hand and
foot and cast into utter darkness during the millennium of theological
scholasticism. But Darwin poured new lifeblood into the ancient frame;
the bonds burst, and the revivified thought of ancient Greece has proved
itself to be a more adequate expression of the universal order of things
than any of the schemes which have been accepted by the credulity and
welcomed by the superstition of 70 later generations of men.
-- Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895)
For the moment at least, the Darwinian period is pa we can no
longer enjoy the comfortable assurance, which once satisfied so many
of us, that the main problem has been solved - all is again in the
melting pot....
