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100 1 _aHuxley, Thomas Henry,
_d1825-1895
245 1 0 _aCritiques and Addresses
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2004
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2004-06-01
505 0 _aAdministrative nihilism -- The school boards: what they can do, and what they may do -- On medical education -- Yeast -- On the formation of coal -- On coral and coral reefs -- On the methods and results of ethnology -- On some fixed points in British ethnology -- Palaeontology and the doctrine of evolution -- Mr. Darwin's critics -- The genealogy of animals -- Bishop Berkeley on the metaphysics of sensation.
508 _aProduced by Bill Hershey and PG Distributed Proofreaders
520 _a"Critiques and Addresses" by Thomas Henry Huxley is a philosophical collection written in the late 19th century. The work encompasses a series of essays that primarily engage with educational, scientific, and political topics, reflecting Huxley's thoughts and critiques on these significant aspects of society. The book serves not only as a platform for Huxley's views on education and government intervention but also touches upon the philosophical underpinnings of those subjects. The opening of the book provides a preface in which Huxley outlines the motivations behind the essays compiled within. He reflects on his experiences with the London School Board, noting his election and subsequent struggles with colleagues on educational policy. Huxley discusses the contentious views regarding state education and critiques the arguments against it, particularly the belief that educating the poor would disrupt societal structure. He articulates his understanding of the government's role in education and societal welfare, setting a foundation for deeper discussions in the following essays about the intersections of education, morality, and progress. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aScience
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12506
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