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Before the 18th century, theories on the origin of species are best described as___?

Saturday, December 24th, 2011

Question by : Before the 18th century, theories on the origin of species are best described as___?
A. Nonexistent
B. Simple, with early Greek philosophers seeing fossils as destroyed life forms, but not placing them into evolutionary concept
C. Foundational, with early Greek philosophers seeing fossils as continuous lineage but merely lacking the genetic understanding to explain it
D. complete, but poorly explained in modern scientific terms until Darwin wrote more clearly
E. Fairly complete, but then repressed with the rise of creationist religions

Best answer:

Answer by Angus Dobbs
go with D as the answer. Although, if Darwin’s father had not been a staunched bible thumber and sneered at his sons scientific insights, things might of been differently understood.

What do you think? Answer below!

Metaphysical Colleges – Look Before You Pay!

Saturday, July 2nd, 2011

I will start off by saying that  not all online metaphysical colleges are bad. It is easy for one to get that impression when you see so many metaphysical schools popping up all over the place. There are some reputable colleges there are out there however.

Now, some metaphysical colleges are accredited while others are not. Of course, the accreditation may not mean much unless it is from a nationally recognized accrediting association. This can be important when it comes to receiving grants or loans for your education.

 How long has the college has been established?. Has the school been in business for a a few years or decades? Or is it a newly established school? You may be wondering why this is important. Well, while even though it’s not going to tell you for sure whether or not this college is worth your time to look into, a school that’s been around for a long time has had much more time to build either a favorable or unfavorable reputation.

 Search the internet to see what others might be saying about the college you have interest in. Just don’t fall into the trap of believing someone who gives it a negative review, unless you are seeing many others giving it the same review. Sometimes students can become upset or angry and take it out on the school when it has nothing to do with the school at all.

Accreditation is difficult for metaphysical colleges to obtain from nationally recognized associations, and that’s only because of the nature of the education. You’ll find this also true with many colleges that teach various forms of religion.

 

One of the most important things to know when you are selecting a metaphysical college is what YOU are looking to get out of it.

 

Are you:

 

Wanting to increase your own metaphysical knowledge?
Wanting to work for a unity / metaphysical church?
Wanting to  be employed by a metaphysical bookstore?
Wanting to Author a metaphysical oriented book?
Wanting to to start your own metaphysical private practice?

 

These are just some of the areas to look into when it comes to  earning a metaphysical dgree.  One last comments. Do not expect any job recruiters to come ringing your doorbell once you let them know hat you have a Doctor degree in metaphysics. If you do think this, you will be dissapointed, as this type of degree does not work that way.

For more information on some specific metaphysical schools and what I’ve discovered, please click on  Metaphysical Colleges.

My Name is Dusty and my website centers around metaphysics, philosphy and the merging of science with spirituality. For more information, please visit my websit at:  Metaphysical News and Views

The Ethics of the Greek Philosophers, Socrates, Plato and Aristotle: A Lecture Given Before the Brooklyn Ethical Association, Season of 1896-1897

Saturday, June 5th, 2010

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Originally published in 1903. This volume from the Cornell University Library’s print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies. All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume…. More >>

The Ethics of the Greek Philosophers, Socrates, Plato and Aristotle: A Lecture Given Before the Brooklyn Ethical Association, Season of 1896-1897