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" ... and this instinct no doubt was originally acquired, like all the other social instincts, through natural selection. At how early a period the progenitors of man in the course of their development, became capable of feeling and being impelled by, the... "
The Really Hard Problem: Meaning in a Material World - Page 45
by Owen Flanagan - 2009 - 304 pages
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Essays and Criticisms, Volume 2

St. George Jackson Mivart - Evolution - 1892 - 480 pages
...insuperable objection to this conclusion' (vol . i. p. 107). Speaking of sympathy, he boldly remarks:—' This instinct no doubt was originally acquired like...other social instincts through natural selection' (vol. ip 164); and ' the fundamental social instincts were originally thus gained' (vol . ip 173)....
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Charles Darwin's Works: The descent of man and seletion in relation to sex

Charles Darwin - Science - 1896 - 890 pages
...instinct of sympathy, as we have already seen, it is primarily due, that we habitually bestow both praise and blame on others, whilst we love the former and...other social instincts, through natural selection. At how early a period the progenitors of man in the course of their development, became capable of...
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Library of universal knowledge, science, Volume 2

1905 - 462 pages
...already seen, it is primarily due that we habitually bestow both praise and blame on others, while we love the former and dread the latter when applied...other social instincts, through natural selection. At how early a period the progenitors of man, in the course of their development, became capable of...
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The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, Volumes 1-2

Charles Darwin - Science - 1981 - 964 pages
...praise or blame, are primarily due, as we have seen in the third chapter, to the instinct of sympathy; and this instinct no doubt was originally acquired,...other social instincts, through natural selection. At how early a period the progenitors of man, in the course of their development, became capable of...
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On Evolution: The Development of the Theory of Natural Selection

Charles Darwin - Reference - 1996 - 382 pages
...praise or blame, are primarly due, as we have seen in the third chapter, to the instinct of sympathy; and this instinct no doubt was originally acquired,...other social instincts, through natural selection. At how early a period the progenitors of man, in the course of their development, became capable of...
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Readings on Human Nature

Peter Loptson - Philosophy - 1998 - 588 pages
...praise or blame, are primarily due, as we have seen in the third chapter, to the instinct of sympathy; and this instinct no doubt was originally acquired,...other social instincts, through natural selection. At how early a period the progenitors of man, in the course of their development, became capable of...
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On the Origin of Species

Charles Darwin - History - 2003 - 676 pages
...praise or blame, are primarily due, as we have seen in the third chapter, to the instinct of sympathy; and this instinct no doubt was originally acquired,...other social instincts, through natural selection. At how early a period the progenitors of man, in the course of their development, became capable of...
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Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex

Charles Darwin - History - 2004 - 764 pages
...already seen, it is primarily due that we habitually bestow both praise and blame on others, while we love the former and dread the latter when applied...other social instincts, through natural selection. At how early a period the progenitors of man, in the course of their development, became capable of...
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The Descent of Man: The Concise Edition

Charles Darwin - Science - 2007 - 452 pages
...instinct of sympathy, as we have already seen, it is primarily due, that we habitually bestow both praise and blame on others, whilst we love the former and...other social instincts, through natural selection. At how early a period the progenitors of man in the course of their development, became capable of...
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