RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1871-1874]. Abstract of Asher, Schopenhauer and Darwinism, 1871. CUL-DAR89.147. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 11.2021. RN2
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volumes CUL-DAR87-90 contain material for Darwin's book Descent of man 2d ed. (1874-1877).
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Anthropological Journal Jan. 1871
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I may call him a great German philosopher
Asher, David. 1871. Schopenhauer and Darwinism. Journal of Anthropology 1 no. 3: 312-332. [CUL-DAR.LIB.PER-U525] PDF Darwin cited this in Descent 2d ed., p. 585. n1: "'Schopenhauer and Darwinism,' in 'Journal of Anthropology,' Jan. 1871, p. 323."
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