Darwin’s Passion is a dramatic journey about a man seeking for truth. It is a celebration of the bicentenary of his birth, acknowledging the contribution his thinking has made on man-kind’s understanding of its self.
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Darwin’s Paragraphs
Darwin’s opening paragraph to the Origin of Species, 1859
When on board H.M.S. Beagle as naturalist, I was much struck with certain facts in the distribution of the organic beings inhabiting South America, and in the geological relations of the present to the past inhabitants of that continent. These facts, as will be seen in the [...]
Cardinal vs. Darwin
In 1950, Pope Pius XII wrote in his Encyclical Humani Generis:
“The Teaching Authority of the Church does not forbid that, in conformity with the present state of human sciences and sacred theology, research and discussions, on the part of men experienced in both fields, take place with regard to the doctrine of evolution, insofar as [...]
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The Richard Dawkins Foundation For Reason and Science is a non-profit organization created in 2005 to help advance rational thinking and scientific understanding around the world for people of all ages.
richarddawkins.net
This site contains Darwin’s complete publications, many handwritten manuscripts and the largest Darwin bibliography and manuscript catalogue ever published. There are over 160 ancillary texts, [...]