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“A high place of honor, although doubtless one to be obtained only after enduring the pangs of a prolonged crucifixion, awaits that philosophical biologist, or that philosopher sufficiently acquainted with scientific biology, who subjects the modern doctrine of evolution to a thoroughly critical analysis, with a view to detect and to estimate its metaphysical assumptions.”

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George Trumbull Ladd

George Trumbull Ladd was an American philosopher born on January 19, 1842, and died on August 8, 1921. He made significant contributions to the fields of ethics and logic, and his work has had a profound impact on subsequent philosophers. more

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