Charles Darwin Quote

Origin of man now proved.—Metaphysics must flourish.—He who understands baboon [will] would do more towards metaphysics than Locke.


P. H. Barrett et al. (eds.), Charles Darwin's Notebooks, 1836–1844: Geology, Transmutation of the Species and Metaphysical Enquiries (1987), Notebook M


Origin of man now proved.—Metaphysics must flourish.—He who understands baboon [will] would do more towards metaphysics than Locke.

Origin of man now proved.—Metaphysics must flourish.—He who understands baboon [will] would do more towards metaphysics than Locke.

Origin of man now proved.—Metaphysics must flourish.—He who understands baboon [will] would do more towards metaphysics than Locke.

Origin of man now proved.—Metaphysics must flourish.—He who understands baboon [will] would do more towards metaphysics than Locke.