← Table of contents
Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution

Note 164 — Chapter XVI · THE STEPS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF LAMARCK’S VIEWS ON EVOLUTION BEFORE THE PUBLICATION OF HIS PHILOSOPHIE ZOOLOGIQUE

Reading edition

“L’oiseau que le besoin attire sur l’eau pour y trouver la proie qui le fait vivre, écarte les doigts de ses pieds lorsqu’il veut frapper l’eau et se mouvoir à sa surface” (p. 13). If the word veut has suggested the doctrine of appetency in meaning has been pushed too far by the critics of Lamarck.

Explore with AITake your curiosity a little further.

Reading settings