Zoological Philosophy: An Exposition with Regard to the Natural History of AnimalsCambridge University Press, 3 nov. 2011 - 506 pages The great French zoologist Lamarck (1744-1829) was best known for his theory of evolution, called 'soft inheritance', whereby organisms pass down acquired characteristics to their offspring. Originally a soldier, Lamarck later studied medicine and biology. His distinguished career included admission to the French Academy of Sciences (1779), and appointments as Royal Botanist (1781) and as professor of zoology at the Musée Nationale d'Histoire Naturelle in 1793. Acknowledged as the premier authority on invertebrate zoology, he is credited with coining the term 'invertebrates'. In this 1809 work, translated into English in 1914, he outlines his theory that under the pressure of different external circumstances, species can develop variations, and that new species and genera can eventually evolve as a result. Darwin paid tribute to Lamarck as the man who 'first did the eminent service of arousing attention to the probability of all change ... being the result of law'. |
Table des matières
INTRODUCTION | xvii |
CHAP PAGE | lxxix |
organisation that the knowledge of the affinities between | 1 |
PRELIMINARY DISCOURSE | 9 |
CONSIDERATIONS ON THE NATURAL HISTORY OF ANIMALS THEIR | 17 |
IMPORTANCE OF THE CONSIDERATION OF AFFINITIES | 29 |
OF SPECIES AMONG LIVING BODIES AND THE Idea that | 35 |
DEGRADATION AND SIMPLIFICATION OF ORGANISATION | 68 |
OF THE IMMEDIATE RESULTS OF LIFE IN A BODY | 249 |
OF THE FACULTIES COMMON TO ALL LIVING BODIES | 259 |
OF THE FACULTIES PECULIAR TO CERTAIN LIVING BODIES | 265 |
SUMMARY OF PART II | 280 |
OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM ITS FORMATION AND THE | 291 |
OF THE NERVOUS FLUID | 314 |
OF PHYSICAL SENSIBILITY AND THE MECHANISM | 321 |
OF THE INNER FEELING THE EMOTIONS THAT IT | 332 |
OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE ENVIRONMENT ON | 106 |
OF THE NATURAL ORDER OF ANIMALS AND THE | 128 |
ADDITIONS TO THE SUBJECTMATTER OF CHAPS VII AND VIII | 173 |
PART II | 181 |
COMPARISON OF INORGANIC BODIES WITH LIVING BODIES | 191 |
gradually gives rise to many other phenomena and which is | 210 |
OF ORGASM AND IRRITABILITY | 219 |
OF CELLULAR TISSUE REGARDED AS THE MATRIX | 230 |
OF DIRECT OR SPONTANEOUS GENERATION | 236 |
FROM THE USE OF THIS FORCE | 343 |
OF THE ORIGIN OF THE PROPENSITY TOWARDS REPEATING | 349 |
OF THE WILL | 355 |
OF THE UNDERSTANDING ITS ORIGIN AND THE ORIGIN | 362 |
OF THE PRINCIPAL ACTS OF THE UNDERSTANDING | 379 |
OF IMAGINATION | 388 |
OF REASON AND ITS COMPARISON WITH INSTINCT | 401 |
| 407 | |
Autres éditions - Tout afficher
Zoological Philosophy: An Exposition with Regard to the Natural History of ... Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de Lamarck Affichage du livre entier - 1914 |
Zoological Philosophy: An Exposition with Regard to the Natural History of ... Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de Lamarck Affichage du livre entier - 1914 |
Zoological Philosophy: An Exposition with Regard to the Natural History of ... Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de Lamarck Affichage du livre entier - 1914 |
Expressions et termes fréquents
acquired characters action acts afferent nerves affinities animal kingdom animal organisation animal scale annelids arachnids become birds brain changes circulatory system cirrhipedes classification constitute contained crustaceans degradation divisions echinoderms emotions environment essential exciting cause existence external fact factor fertilisation fishes functions ganglionic longitudinal cord genera gills give rise habits Hence Holobranchs ideas imperfect individuals infusorians inner feeling insects intelligence invertebrate invisible fluids irritability jointed legs judgments kind knowledge Lamarck lastly less Linnæus living bodies mammals medullary ment method modifications molluscs naturalists nature nerves nervous fluid nervous system nucleus objects observed orgasm origin Oviparous perfect animals phenomena Philosophie Zoologique polyps possess principles produced races radiarians recognised regarded reproduction reptiles respiration result sensation sexual reproduction shape simplest special organ species spinal cord substances subtle fluids theory tion tracheae true undergo use-inheritance variation various vertebral column vertebrates vital movements worms