DSC02355-LegendofAataentsic30956029438 Type post Author Neil Thomas Date November 24, 2025 CategoriesEvolutionFaith & ScienceHistorical Sciences Tagged , Alan of, Alfred Russel Wallace, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Bernard Silvestris, Charles Darwin, Charlotte Brontë, cosmology, Darwinism, Edward Pusey, Geoffrey Chaucer, George Levine, Jane Eyre, Jean de Meun, Lamarckism, maternal figure, Mother Nature, Natura, Natura creatrix, natural preservation, natural selection, natural theology, Ovid, Physis, Queens of the Wild, Robert J. Richards, Romance of the Rose, Ronald Hutton, teleology, world spirit Destroyer or Nurturer? Darwin’s Divinized Conception of Nature Neil Thomas November 24, 2025 Evolution, Faith & Science, Historical Sciences 12 The powers of natural selection transcend human intelligence to such a degree that Darwin came close to imputing to it the capacity for intelligent design. Read More ›
