Darwin and Romaticism

In acknowledgment of the scientific accomplishments of Charles Robert Darwin, his noble face is printed on the English ten pound note, crumpled in wallets country-wide. And yet, his great achievements in the field of science have always deemed him the foil of philosophy and traditional aesthetics. Contrary to this popular assumption, On the Origin of Species is not only a colorfully and intimately written book, with poetic flashes of feeling and an intelligent style, it is a philosophy. Darwin believed that members of a species have the ability to adapt to changes in their environment. Tho…