Tuesday, October 31, 2006

What google print is good for (2)...

it took me (literally) years to find again where this comparison between Copernicus, Darwin and Freud came from... and it came with a bonus: finding out how it came from [immodest] Freud himself. The text blow (just for the kicks).. but the amazing think it that it only took <10 seconds in Google Print to find that book

But although his ideas are often dismissed, many thinkers, including the immodest Freud himself, have described his contribution as equivalente to that of Copernicus and Darwin, because all three have systematically dislodged human beings from thinking of themselves as the center and pinnacle of the universe (Burtt, 1954; Butterfield, 1960; Koyre, 1968). Copernicus informed us that the planets do not revolve around the planet Earth, but instead around the sun; Darwin helped us realize that humans are not categorically different from other animals, but instead share common ancestry; and Freud showed how irrational and biologically determined we are, thereby helping us see that our behavior is less intelligente and God-like than we previously thought.

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