Essays upon some controverted questions / by Thomas H. Huxley
1892, First Edition. London ; New York : Macmillan. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Covers somewhat rubbed and dust-toned, with spine somewhat sun-faded. Hinges weakening, with text block slightly shaken. Slightly foxed prelims and edges. A generally well-preserved example. Item #450760
Physical description; vii, 625 pages ; 23 cm. Contents; Prologue.--The rise and progress of palaeontology.--The interpreters of Genesis and the interpreters of nature.--Mr. Gladstone and Genesis.--The evolution of theology: an anthropological study.--Science and morals.--Scientific and pseudo-scientific realism.--Science and pseudo-science.--An Episcopal trilogy.--Agnosticism.--The value of witness to the miraculous.--Agnosticism: a rejoinder.--Agnosticism and Christianity.--The lights of the church and the light of science.--The keepers of the herd of swine.--Illustrations of Mr. Gladstone's controversial methods.--Hasisadra's adventure. Subjects; Religion and science. Agnosticism. Science Philosophy.
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