Natural selection

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I have called this principle, by which each slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by the term of Natural Selection.

Charles Darwin

On the Origin of the Species

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Natural selection Evolution

Author

Charles Darwin

Source

On the Origin of the Species

Genre

Scientific literature

Language

English

Time

1859 1850s 19th century

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Original Citation

Darwin, Charles. On the Origin of the Species. London: John Murray, 1859, ch. 3.

Current Citation

Darwin, Charles. The Origin of the Species, edited by William Bynum. Penguin, 2009, ch. 3.

Owing to this struggle for life, any variation, however slight and from whatever cause proceeding, if it be in any degree profitable to an individual of any species, in its infinitely complex relations to other organic beings and to external nature, will tend to the preservation of that individual, and will generally be inherited by its offspring. The offspring, also, will thus have a better chance of surviving.

Charles Darwin

On the Origin of Species

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Natural selection Evolution

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Charles Darwin

Source

On the Origin of Species

Genre

Scientific literature

Language

English

Time

1859 1850s 19th century

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Original Citation

Darwin, Charles. On the Origin of Species. London: John Murray, 1859, ch. 3.

Current Citation

Darwin, Charles. On the Origin of Species, edited by William Bynum. Penguin Classics, 2009, ch. 3.

The shield may be as important for victory, as the sword or spear.

Charles Darwin

On the Origin of Species

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Survival Natural selection

Author

Charles Darwin

Source

On the Origin of Species

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Scientific literature

Language

English

Time

1859 1850s 19th century

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Original Citation

Darwin, Charles. On the Origin of the Species. London: John Murray, 1859, ch. 4.

Current Citation

Darwin, Charles. The Origin of the Species, edited by William Bynum. Penguin, 2009, ch. 4.

From the war of nature, from famine and death, the most exalted object which we are capable of conceiving, namely, the production of the higher animals, directly follows.

Charles Darwin

On the Origin of Species

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Natural selection Evolution

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Charles Darwin

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On the Origin of Species

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Scientific literature

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English

Time

1859 1850s 19th century

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Darwin, Charles. On the Origin of Species. London: John Murray, 1859, ch. 14.

Current Citation

Darwin, Charles. The Origin of the Species, edited by William Bynum. Penguin, 2009, ch. 14.

If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed, which could not possibly have been formed by numerous, successive, slight modifications, my theory would absolutely break down. But I can find out no such case.

Charles Darwin

On the Origin of Species

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Natural selection Evolution

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Charles Darwin

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On the Origin of Species

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Scientific literature

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English

Time

1859 1850s 19th century

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Darwin, Charles. On the Origin of Species. London: John Murray, 1859, ch. 6.

Current Citation

Darwin, Charles. The Origin of the Species, edited by William Bynum. Penguin, 2009, ch. 6.

Natural selection, the blind, unconscious, automatic process which Darwin discovered, and which we now know is the explanation for the existence and apparently purposeful form of all life, has no purpose in mind. It has no mind and no mind's eye. It does not plan for the future. It has no vision, no foresight, no sight at all. If it can be said to play the role of watchmaker in nature, it is the blind watchmaker.

Richard Dawkins

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Natural selection Origin of life Evolution

Author

Richard Dawkins

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The Blind Watchmaker

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Scientific literature

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English

Time

1986 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Dawkins, Richard. The Blind Watchmaker. Norton & Company, 1986, ch. 1.

Natural selection will not remove ignorance from future generations.

Richard Dawkins

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Natural selection Evolution Human nature

Author

Richard Dawkins

Source

The Independent

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Interview Newspaper

Language

English

Time

2006 2000s 21st century

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Dawkins, Richard. "Richard Dawkins: You Ask the Questions Special." The Independent, 4 Dec. 2006.

It has no vision, no foresight, no sight at all. If it can be said to play the role of watchmaker in nature, it is the blind watchmaker.

Richard Dawkins

On natural selection.

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Natural selection Evolution

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Richard Dawkins

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The Blind Watchmaker

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Scientific literature

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English

Time

1986 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Dawkins, Richard. The Blind Watchmaker. Norton & Company, 1986, ch. 1.