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We have all heard about Darwin’s Theory of Evolution but it’s rare to hear about any other variations on this theory. Even if it’s a theory put forth much before the time of, the amateur Naturalist, Charles Darwin…
“Ibn Maskawaih pondered deeply over life, its mores in sociological backdrop, explained the philosophy of life on academic and scientific pursuits and emerged as the first to establish the theory of evolution.
The stark fact is that he, on the basis of intellectual horizon, wanted to establish mutual inter-relatedness found among the various stages of life in the things. With observations and experimentations, he manifested the evolution of life and as the final analysis of the things he classified into categorized the various living beings of this universe. Summing up the results of his observation and experimentation he writes ‘the first impact of life in the living beings of the universe emerged in the form of plants. It was because the plants have movement in them and stand in need of food. These are the two very peculiar traits, which make them singularly distinct from the rest of the things in the universe’.
Now the searching question was that the movement phenomenon of life he discovered came to take its effect in too many stages. So Ibn Maskawaih classified plants into numerous categories. He says there was gradual evolution in the plants. He explains this gradual evolution distinctly with reasons and arguments. This led him to conclude, “there is life in plants.” And became the first to put forth the theory of plant-life. “
You can follow the link at the bottom to see how he tried to prove his theory at the time…
Further more,
“Ibn Maskawaih writes: ‘the first forward step towards animal life is freedom from earth-rootedness, which is the germ of conscious movement. This is the initial stage of animality in which the sense of touch is the first to appear, i.e. a weak sort of “sense of touch” along with “movement”. Both these powers initiate their development’. “
Ahmed bin Muhammad Ali Maskawaih (d. 421 A. H.)
“Ibn Maskawaih pondered deeply over life, its mores in sociological backdrop, explained the philosophy of life on academic and scientific pursuits and emerged as the first to establish the theory of evolution.
The stark fact is that he, on the basis of intellectual horizon, wanted to establish mutual inter-relatedness found among the various stages of life in the things. With observations and experimentations, he manifested the evolution of life and as the final analysis of the things he classified into categorized the various living beings of this universe. Summing up the results of his observation and experimentation he writes ‘the first impact of life in the living beings of the universe emerged in the form of plants. It was because the plants have movement in them and stand in need of food. These are the two very peculiar traits, which make them singularly distinct from the rest of the things in the universe’.
Now the searching question was that the movement phenomenon of life he discovered came to take its effect in too many stages. So Ibn Maskawaih classified plants into numerous categories. He says there was gradual evolution in the plants. He explains this gradual evolution distinctly with reasons and arguments. This led him to conclude, “there is life in plants.” And became the first to put forth the theory of plant-life. “
You can follow the link at the bottom to see how he tried to prove his theory at the time…
Further more,
“Ibn Maskawaih writes: ‘the first forward step towards animal life is freedom from earth-rootedness, which is the germ of conscious movement. This is the initial stage of animality in which the sense of touch is the first to appear, i.e. a weak sort of “sense of touch” along with “movement”. Both these powers initiate their development’. “
Ahmed bin Muhammad Ali Maskawaih (d. 421 A. H.)
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