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Instinct Quotes by Charles Darwin
- It is certain that there may be extraordinary mental activity with an extremely small absolute mass of nervous matter: thus the wonderfully diversified instincts, mental…
- ...I believe there exists, & I feel within me, an instinct for the truth, or knowledge or discovery, of something of the same nature as…
- How so many absurd rules of conduct, as well as so many absurd religious beliefs, have originated, we do not know; nor how it is…
- Ultimately a highly complex sentiment, having its first origin in the social instincts, largely guided by the approbation of our fellow-men, ruled by reason, self-interest,…
- Language is an art, like brewing or baking.... It certainly is not a true instinct, for every language has to be learnt.
- The following proposition seems to me in a high degree probable—namely, that any animal whatever, endowed with well-marked social instincts, the parental and filial affections…
- A man who has no assured and ever present belief in the existence of a personal God or of a future existence with retribution and…
- The very essence of instinct is that it's followed independently of reason.
- As man advances in civilization, and small tribes are united into larger communities, the simplest reason would tell each individual that he ought to extend…
- Such simple instincts as bees making a beehive could be sufficient to overthrow my whole theory.
- Besides love and sympathy, animals exhibit other qualities connected with the social instincts which in us would be called moral.
- Looking to future generations, there is no cause to fear that the social instincts will grow weaker... the social instincts, - the prime principle of…
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- It is certain that there may be extraordinary mental activity with an extremely small absolute mass of nervous matter: thus the wonderfully… — Charles Darwin
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