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entailed] a mass of metaphysical assumptions, wherein science was
disowned, where reason was discredited, and where blind, unquestioning
faith was regarded as the only passport to true Christian knowledge."
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John Fiske |
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John
Fiske, born Edmund Fisk Green, was an American philosopher and historian.
His philosophy
was influenced by Herbert Spencer, particularly Spencer's views
on evolution. Fiske believed in the racial superiority of the
"Anglo-Saxon race" as a product of natural selection,
pointing to the fact that the English and the Americans had already
covered a third of the globe and had spearheaded progress in the
form of democracy and capitalism. Fiske was instrumental in the
application of Social Darwinism to racism.
Before
he became a writer, he practiced law. In books such as Outlines
of Cosmic Philosophy Fiske aimed to reconcile science and orthodox
religious beliefs. Fiske was a popular lecturer on these topics
in his early career and later turned to historical writings instead,
publishing books such as The Discovery of America. |
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