Books, Brochures, and Chapters>Book:  Descartes , Rene , Oeuvres de René Descartes, Editions la Bibliothèque Digitale, Retrieved on 2014-01-22
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    22 JAN 2014

     With the Seed We May Deduce the Animal

    If we possessed a thorough knowledge of all the parts of the seed of any animal (e.g. man), we could from that alone, by reasons entirely mathematical and certain, deduce the whole conformation and figure of each of its members, and, conversely if we knew several peculiarities of this conformation, we would from those deduce the nature of its seed.
    Folksonomies: biology mathematics prediction deduction
    Folksonomies: biology mathematics prediction deduction
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    Interesting idea, if wrong for not understanding how environment affects growth, but the idea that we could one day take a seed and predict the full-grown organism that will result from it is intriguing.

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