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Philosophie Zoologique, Volume 2 Ou Exposition, Des Considerations Relative ... L'histoire Naturelle Des Animaux

Series: Philosophie Zoologique Volume: 2
By: Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de Lamarck(Author)
484 pages, b/w illustrations
Philosophie Zoologique, Volume 2
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Language: French

A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection.

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, becoming particularly interested in botany. 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 Musee Nationale d'Histoire Naturelle in 1793. Acknowledged as the premier authority on invertebrate zoology, he is credited with coining the term 'invertebrates'. In this two-volume work of 1809, 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'.

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3. De la cause excitatrice des mouvemens organique
4. De l'orgasme et de l'irritabilité
5. Du tissu cellulaire, considéré comme la gangue dans laquelle toute organisation a été formée
6. Des générations directes ou spontanées
7. Des résultats immédiats de la vie dans un corps
8. Des facultés communes à tous les corps vivans
9. Des facultés particulières à certains corps vivans
Résumé de la seconde partie

3e Partie. Considérations sur les Causes Physiques du Sentiment
celles qui Constituent la Force Productrice des Action
Enfin, celles qui Donnent Lieu aux Actes d'Intelligence qui s'Observent dans Différens Animaux:
1. Du système nerveux, de sa formation, et des différentes sortes de fonctions qu'il peut exécuter
2. Du fluide nerveux
3. De la sensibilité physique et du mécanisme des sensations
4. Du sentiment intérieur, des émotions qu'il est susceptible d'éprouver, et de la puissance qu'il en acquiert pour la production des actions
5. De la force productrice des actions des animaux et de quelques faits particuliers qui résultent de l'emploi de cette force
6. De la volonté
7. De l'entendement, de son origine, et de celle des idées
8. Des principaux actes de l'entendement, ou de ceux du premier ordre dont tous les autres dérivent
Additions relatives aux chapitres VII et VIII de la première partie.

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Series: Philosophie Zoologique Volume: 2
By: Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de Lamarck(Author)
484 pages, b/w illustrations
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