Darwin
DarwinThe World of Great Thinkers:
Charles Darwin
The world of Charles Darwin is a very complex one. Filled with parables and mysteries, this man has captivated the ideas and hearts of nations of people worldwide. I chose to research Darwin because his proposals of evolution have intrigued my mind for quite sometime. Not that I struggle with the idea of creation vs. evolution, but the idea of how through time our genes would actually succumb to our environment, so that in the end we are only a stronger and better fit creation.
The year is now 1831, and we see a young man (age 22) that is soon to depart on a vessel known as the Beagle set to travel around the world. We are in a time when titles are held high, and the church has nearly the power of that of the crown. The church's power was not of one to be trifled with. Darwinism would later add the clergy to one of its enemies after denying the idea of a divine creation. England at that time had accepted the ideas of Christ and the Bible, and basically it was crazy to attempt to challenge their thoughts and ideas.
Our young man slowly trudges his way down the cobblestone paths that make up England's streets. Peasants crowd his way as he attempts to make his way to the ship. As he passes through the poor and crowded streets he sees a rather rich Duke stroll toward the direction of the Beagle. Whatever grace and beauty that this man was proposed to have was immediately dismissed as our young stranger saw him strike one of his servants to the ground. England at this time was a fabulous place to live if you had the money, yet for the poor, it was a place of vile disgust.
The young man continues on toward his goal. As we walks he sees a message posted on the wall. It boasts of communism and that the answer to society's problems has now been answered. At this time Karl Marx, the creator of communism, had just publicly come out with his doctrine on a new of life and how to live. As our young man boards the ship a young cabin boys says, "Mr. Darwin, welcome to the Beagle." Darwin has just started his journey that will take him around the world and he will start discovering what he will come to believe as true science dealing with evolution. Yet one of the thoughts that plagued many of the current day scientists and philosophers, was if Karl Marx's ideas of communism had anything to do with Darwin publishing a document that would be contrary to that of the church.
The point of walking you through some of the streets of England, with this mysterious young Darwin, is to show the life style of the English. You must remember what type of a world this is at the time of Darwin's discoveries. It...
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