Article ID: CBB001032681

Erasmus Darwin contra David Hume (2007)

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Description Argues that Darwin's posthumously published poetic work falls in a line of thinking that embraces theodicy and was thus opposed to Hume's skepticism.


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Authors & Contributors
Goldstein, Amanda Jo
Guichard, Luis Arturo
García Alonso, Juan Luis
Mills, R. J. W.
Wall, Cynthia
Taylor, Craig
Concepts
Science and literature
Poetry and poetics
Philosophy
Science and religion
Science and culture
Romanticism
Time Periods
18th century
19th century
Enlightenment
Ancient
17th century
Renaissance
Places
Great Britain
England
Scotland
Hellenistic world
Mediterranean region
Greece
Institutions
Lichfield Botanical Society
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