Johann Wolfgang Goethe Type post Author Neil Thomas Date April 18, 2024 CategoriesBioethicsFaith & Science Tagged , ancient Greece, Charles Darwin, Christianity, Enlightenment, Erasmus Darwin, Euripides, gods, Iphigenia, Judeo-Christian tradition, mythology, New Testament, Old Testament, secularism, theodicy Poet and Scientist, Goethe Offered an Enlightenment Theodicy Neil Thomas April 18, 2024 Bioethics, Faith & Science 13 Like Erasmus Darwin, Goethe was both poet and scientist and had himself at one time speculated on ideas of evolution. Read More ›
Epicurus Type post Author Neil Thomas Date August 5, 2021 CategoriesEvolutionIntelligent Design Tagged , Anaximenes, ancient Greeks, atomism, Charles Darwin, creation, daemons, David Hume, Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, Enlightenment, Epicurus, evolution, Fates, Greek gods, harpies, intelligent design, Iphigenia, King Agamemnon, Lucretius, On the Nature of Things, Romans, satyrs, Stephen Greenblatt Evolution Versus Design: An Ancient Debate Neil Thomas August 5, 2021 Evolution, Intelligent Design 8 The universe, according to Epicureanism, is without a creator, a purposeless and non-intelligent concourse of atoms without any cosmic source of direction. Read More ›
