Nothing can be more hopeless than to attempt to explain this similarity of pattern in members of the same class, by utility… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
“If "final causes" means purposes, or purposive activities, then Darwinism not only does not "expel" them: it builds them into the very… — David C. Stove Copy Share Image
Nature has no goal in view, and final causes are only human imaginings. — Baruch Spinoza Copy Share Image
The final causes, then, of compassion are to prevent and to relieve misery. — Joseph Butler Copy Share Image
