Stephen Jay Gould Quote

[Darwin's notebooks] include many statements showing that he espoused but feared to expose something he perceived as far more heretical than evolution itself: philosophical materialism — the postulate that matter is the stuff of all existence and that all mental and spiritual phenomena are its by-products.


Ever Since Darwin: Reflections in Natural History, Chapter 1 Darwin's Delay (p. 24), W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 1977


[Darwin's notebooks] include many statements showing that he espoused but feared to expose something he perceived as far more heretical than...

[Darwin's notebooks] include many statements showing that he espoused but feared to expose something he perceived as far more heretical than...

[Darwin's notebooks] include many statements showing that he espoused but feared to expose something he perceived as far more heretical than...

[Darwin's notebooks] include many statements showing that he espoused but feared to expose something he perceived as far more heretical than...