Plato Type post Author Michael Flannery Date February 24, 2026 CategoriesBiologyEvolutionPhilosophy Tagged , __featured2, Alfred North Whitehead, Aristotle, athens, biology, C. S. Lewis, change over time, Democritus, DNA, dynamis, eidos, energeia, evolution, From Logos to Bios, George Gaylord Simpson, H. B. Whittington, Heraclitus, history, Jerusalem, Leucippus, Lev Berg, Malcolm Gordon, metaphysics, Michael Behe, Michael Denton, nomogenesis, philosophy, Pierre-Paul Grassé, Plato, Plotinus, potentiality, Pythagoras, religion, Richard Dawkins, Richard Owen, tautology, Tertullian, The Selfish Gene, universal common descent, Western thought, Wynand de Beer Biology (and Cosmology) as Footnotes to Plato: A Review of Wynand de Beer Michael Flannery February 24, 2026 Biology, Evolution, Philosophy 8 An important book by Wynand de Beer recaptures the wisdom of the ages and puts it into service not only of science, but of history, philosophy, and religion. Read More ›