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こんにちは、Finnです。この本を理解するお手伝いをします。
10歳の子に説明するように言うと、こうなります：
Charles Darwin は20年以上かけて証拠を集め、すべての生き物はつながっていて、生物が生き残るのに役立つ変化を自然が残すことで、長い時間をかけて少しずつ変わっていくという説を発表しました。人間の自己理解をこれほど変えた本はほかにありません。丁寧で忍耐強い科学で、フジツボやハトを一つずつ見ながら革命が起きる様子を見られます。
本の全文は英語で読みます。すべての章はこちらです：
“But with regard to the material world, we can at least go so far as this—we can perceive that events are brought about not by insulated interpositions of Divine power, exerted in each particular case, but by the establishment of general laws.”
Whewell: Bridgewater Treatise
“The only distinct meaning of the word ‘natural’ is stated, fixed or settled; since what is natural as much requires and presupposes an intelligent agent to render it so, i.e., to effect it continually or at stated times, as what is supernatural or miraculous does to effect it for once.”
Butler: Analogy of Revealed Religion
“To conclude, therefore, let no man out of a weak conceit of sobriety, or an ill-applied moderation, think or maintain, that a man can search too far or be too well studied in the book of God’s word, or in the book of God’s works; divinity or philosophy; but rather let men endeavour an endless progress or proficience in both.”
Bacon: Advancement of Learning