PatrickHenry, concerning the influence of Darwin on Marxism you might be interested in these articles and bits of correspondence from this google search of the Marxist archives.
YHAOS, I do find the quote from Jefferson to be quite telling - he did not accept the notion that matter in all its motions is "all that there is".
I do find the quote from Jefferson to be quite telling - he did not accept the notion that matter in all its motions is "all that there is".
Indeed. At least that, minimally.