What, according to Hunt, were the origins of the theory of evolution?

Darwin’s On the Origin of the Species was arguably one of the most important scientific publications of the
last two centuries. What, according to Hunt, were the origins of the theory of
evolution? (Was Darwin the first or only person to propose such ideas?) Who was
Herbert Spencer? How were his ideas different from Darwin’s theories? What was
“Social Darwinism?”
Does it seem, based
on this excerpt, that Nietzsche was familiar with the theories of evolution of
his time? (What evidence suggests he was or wasn’t?) What does he seem to be
saying about good and evil in this excerpt? (Does he seem to see good and evil
as useful categories for explaining human interactions? Be sure to explain how
you arrived at your conclusions.) How did the Church respond to the
ideas of Nietzsche and Darwin? (What was the Syllabus of Errors?) What was the Kulturkampf and why did Bismarck initiate it?
What was the Second
Industrial Revolution, and how did it change life in Europe? (What new
challenges did factory owners and workers face?) How did the rapid changes of
the late-nineteenth century spark a “new debate over private life,”
according to Hunt? How, for instance, did it produce new questions and ideas
about issues such as population growth, marriage and human sexuality?
What was Positivism?
What were some of its consequences? What was challenging about the ideas of the
Curies and Einstein? Freud and Dewey?
What were Romanticism,
Realism, and Impressionism in the arts? In what ways were they reaction to the
ages that produced them?

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