Project Gutenberg 2021-04-23 Public domain in the USA. 241 Huxley, Julian 1887 1975 Huxley, Julian Sorell, Sir Balbus 23016613 Essays of a Biologist Progress, biological and other -- Biology and sociology -- Ils n'ont que de l'âme: an essay on bird-mind -- Sex biology and sex psychology -- Philosophic ants: a biologic fantasy -- Rationalism and the idea of God -- Religion and science: old wine in new bottles. E-text prepared by Charlene Taylor, Martin Pettit, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (https://archive.org) "Essays of a Biologist" by Julian Huxley is a collection of essays written in the early 20th century. The work encompasses various themes related to biology, sociology, and the implications of scientific understanding on human life. Huxley reflects on the nature of progress, the evolution of self-consciousness, and the wider impact of biology on societal structures and values. The opening of the collection introduces Huxley's fundamental exploration of biological progress and its relation to human evolution, consciousness, and society. He discusses the applications of biological principles to understand human needs and aspirations, emphasizing the impact of self-awareness and rationality on humanity's evolutionary journey. Huxley posits that while traditional biological evolution operated on the mechanisms of natural selection, human evolution is characterized by the conscious control of those processes, suggesting that our understanding of biology is crucial for shaping our future and expanding our potential. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 50.7 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Biology QH Text Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: Science - Biology Category: Sociology 508897 2025-06-26T04:07:33.845815 text/html 500527 2024-10-18T13:16:35 text/html 466334 2025-06-26T04:07:39.783751 application/epub+zip 470852 2025-06-26T04:07:34.905825 application/epub+zip 256528 2025-06-26T04:07:34.373794 application/epub+zip 611186 2025-06-26T04:07:43.672716 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 573041 2025-06-26T04:07:39.236765 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 360187 2022-09-29T10:21:51.469095 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 464191 2025-06-26T04:07:33.178774 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 444283 2024-10-18T13:16:35 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16453 2025-06-26T04:07:43.808696 application/rdf+xml 22569 2025-06-26T04:07:34.482744 image/jpeg 2887 2025-06-26T04:07:34.427757 image/jpeg 419291 2025-06-26T04:07:33.892781 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia