Thomas Huxley: 82 books

Although dubbed “Darwin’s bulldog,” Thomas Huxley did not think the doctrine of evolution could give us a sense of ethics. He felt an evolutionary account of our origins must take morality quite seriously, and we must build it into our theories about human behavior.  Even today, the attempt to...

« Par des citations bien choisies, par de nombreux emprunts à la correspondance ou aux écrits de son héros, M. Huxley a su donner en peu de pages une idée complète de la vie et de la philosophie du grand penseur écossais. ». Une biographie de référence sur Hume, par Thomas Henry Huxley. Format professionnel électronique © Ink Book édition.

A collection of ten essays by the renowned zoologist and writer, this volume is invaluable reading for anyone interested in the history of the theory of evolution and Huxley’s own feelings about science and Christianity. Huxley examines agnosticism (Huxley coined the term “agnostic”), miracles of the New Testament, and more.

The purpose of the following selections is to present to students of English a few of Huxley's representative essays. Some of these selections are complete; others are extracts. In the latter case, however, they are not extracts in the sense of being incomplete wholes, for each selection given will be...

Some of the passages were picked out for their philosophy, some for their moral guidances, some for their scientific exposition of natural facts, or for their insight into social questions; others for their charms of imagination or genial humour, and many—not the least—for their pure beauty of...

Huxley was one of the first adherents to Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection and advanced its acceptance by scientists and the public. Man's Place in Nature was explicitly directed against Richard Owen, who had claimed that there were distinct differences between human brains and those...

Hume, English Men Of Letters by Thomas Henry Huxley..

Part of the highly respected English Men of Letters series, Thomas H. Huxley’s engaging biography of the Scottish philosopher and author David Hume (1711–1776)—one of the most important figures in the history of modern philosophy—examines his childhood, his enormously popular A History of England, and his landmark philosophical theories. 

Zoologist Thomas H. Huxley was highly influential in developing science education in Great Britain. This collection of essays reflects his thoughts and influence, with essays titled “Educational Value of the Natural History Sciences,” “On Science and Art in Relation to Education,” and “A Liberal Education; and Where to Find It.”

Lay Sermons, Addresses and Reviews by Thomas Henry Huxley.

Autobiography and Selected Essays, by Thomas Henry Huxley.

Collected Essays: Volume V by Thomas H. Huxley..

Thomas H. Huxley was one of the first supporters of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection, and he did more than any other writer to advance its acceptance among scientists and nonscientists alike. His most famous book, Man’s Place in Nature, published only five years after...

pubOne.info present you this wonderfully illustrated edition. Of the great thinkers of the nineteenth century, Thomas Henry Huxley, son of an Ealing schoolmaster, was undoubtedly the most noteworthy. His researches in biology, his contributions to scientific controversy, his pungent criticisms of conventional...