Monboddo y Rousseu (1933)

  1. Lovejoy, Arthur
  2. Calderón Quindós, María Teresa trad.
Journal:
Revista de filosofía

ISSN: 0034-8236 0718-4360

Year of publication: 2007

Volume: 63

Issue: 1

Pages: 171-196

Type: Article

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Abstract

The work –here published for the first time in Spanish translation– presents the main theses maintained by Monboddo and Rousseau regarding the nature of higher primates. This subject-matter motivated a long and deep discussion throughout the 18 th century, and triggered the first evolutionist intuitions later developed by Charles Darwin