Antagonistic Quote by Trofim Lysenko

Darwinism as presented by Darwin contradicted idealistic philosophy, and this contradiction grew deeper with the development of its materialist teaching.

— Trofim Lysenko

Darwin was a biological evolutionist, because he was first a uniformitarian geologist. Biology is pre-eminent to-day among the natural sciences, because its younger sister,…

— Charles Lapworth

“The ideology and philosophy of neo-Darwinism which is sold by its adepts as a scientific theoretical foundation of biology seriously hampers the development of…

— Vladimir L. Voeikov

Darwinism did not strip meaning from the world but intensified it, 'by identifying it in as many aspects of life as possible'.

— Neal Ascherson

In the Life of Darwin by his son, there is related an incident of how the great naturalist once studied long as to just…

— Elbert Hubbard

I mean, in a way, I feel that one of the reasons for learning about Darwinian evolution is as an object lesson in how…

— Richard Dawkins

“In consequence of Darwin 's reformed Theory of Descent, we are now in a position to establish scientifically the groundwork of a non-miraculous history…

— Ernst Haeckel

Darwin's idea of natural selection makes people uncomfortable because it reverses the direction of tradition.

— Daniel Dennett

Society in general maintains such a vested interested in its cozy habits and solidified belief systems that it had rather die - or kill…

— Tom Robbins

I am sure I was an evolutionist in the abstract, or by the quality and complexion of my mind, before I read Darwin, but…

— John Burroughs

The essence of Darwinism lies in its claim that natural selection creates the fit. Variation is ubiquitous and random in direction. It supplies raw…

— Stephen Jay Gould

Darwin was not afraid to look deeply into the void. His bold view can be seen as either noble and pessimistic or noble and…

— Primo Levi