Thomas Huxley Quotes


It is because the body is a machine that education is possible. Education is the formation of habits, a superinducing of an artificial organization upon the natural organization of the body.


Citations

Huxley, Thomas Henry. "On the Hypothesis that Animals are Automata, and its History." Science and Culture, and Other Essays, Macmillan and Co., 1881.

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Thomas Huxley
Thomas Huxley
  • Born: May 4, 1825
  • Died: June 29, 1895
  • Nationality: English
  • Profession: Scientist

Thomas Henry Huxley PC FRS HonFRSE FLS was an English biologist and anthropologist specialising in comparative anatomy. He is known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his advocacy of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.