The Metamorphoses of Walden
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Description: A discussion of Thoreau's contradictory relationship to both Transcendentalism and to science. In considering this, especial emphasis is put on Thoreau's observations of insects, so that entomology becomes a crucial link.
How the nature of mind is related to the processes undergone by metamorphic insects."In this book author David Spooner proposes a close connection between aspects of insect evolution and the functioning of the human intellect. By examining seemingly disparate subjects - entomology, language history, genetics, literature and music - Spooner shows how such a synthesis is possible. Once this fusion is achieved, the human species can be seen as connected not just to the great apes, but also not only via genetics and embryology, but via consciousness to metamorphic insects. The book also presents arguments on the roots and nature of the mind in the work of Daniel Dennett and Terrence Deacon."
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| Page title: | Biography - david spooner |
| Keywords: | David Spooner, Wolfgang Pauli, Jung, Insect-populated, metaphysics of insect life, Norman O. Brown, Hyatt Carter, larvatus prodeo, poem and insect, Hispanic culture, Pauli, butterflies, metamorphosis, Thoreau, evolution theory, Darwin, A.R. Wallace, Carl Spitteler, Thomas Boston, Maria Sibylla Merian, Purple Emperor butterfly,Sanford Budick, Milton, Schopenhauer, Kant, Olympic Games, Pindar, Francis Cornford, John Cornford |
| Description: | David Spooner argues the human species is as closely related to the insects as to the great apes. |
| IP-address: | 162.209.113.154 |