Darwin's Falling Sparrow: Victorian Evolutionists and the Meaning of Suffering
A study of how Victorian evolutionists grappled with the religious and moral implications of suffering after Darwin.
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This book examines the intellectual responses of Victorian scientists to the problem of suffering in light of evolutionary theory.
It situates debates among nineteenth-century evolutionists within their social and religious contexts.
The work draws on primary sources to trace shifting understandings of pain, morality, and natural selection.
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