tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post2492578433206264029..comments2024-03-28T08:57:53.180+00:00Comments on Darwinian Conservatism by Larry Arnhart: Was Darwin a Socratic Philosopher?Larry Arnharthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14619785331100785170noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16355954.post-88498721682275496772009-11-29T15:06:19.511+00:002009-11-29T15:06:19.511+00:00Dear Prof. Arnhart,
I am by no means a well-verse...Dear Prof. Arnhart,<br /><br />I am by no means a well-versed reader of Darwin, but the little I have read of him portrays him in a decidedly unflattering light in terms of character. In fact, his being credited as the originator of the theory of evolution itself seems to have been the outcome of a rather ugly, Machiavellian campaign against Wallace. <br /><br />Now, besides from other seeming incongruities in this analogy between Darwin and Socrates: Can the term "Socratic" be divorced from virtue or at least the public imitation of virtue?Won Joon Choehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09616918987942651496noreply@blogger.com