It is often felt that Darwin, more than anyone, banished "meaning" from the world-in the sense of any overall divine meaning or purpose. There is indeed no design, no plan, no blueprint in Darwin's world; natural selection has no direction or aim, nor any goal to which it strives. Darwinism, it is often said, spelled the end of teleological thinking.
( Oliver Sacks )
[ The River of Consciousness ]
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