19.05.09
Selection from book on Social Darwinism
A selection from From Darwin to Hitler
One of the most suspicious things about Gurdjieff, and then Ouspenksy, is the inlfuence of Darwin, and Social Darwinism, disguised behind a lot of rhetoric and some fashionable chitchat about Nietzsche.
Andrew said,
20.05.09 at 4:51 am
Ouspensky was actually an anti-Darwinist, but his arguments are very cranky and ill-thought out. Gurdjieff parodied Darwinism in Beelzebub’s Tales, saying that periodically people got together to work out whether monkeys were descended from mankind or vice-versa.
So I don’t think either of them can be counted as Darwinists in any sort of way.
The Gurdjieff Con » Ouspensky, Gurdjieff not Darwinians said,
23.05.09 at 1:44 pm
[...] Comment on Selection from Book on Social Darwinism Andrew said, 20.05.09 at 4:51 am · Ouspensky was actually an anti-Darwinist, but his arguments are very cranky and ill-thought out. Gurdjieff parodied Darwinism in Beelzebub’s Tales, saying that periodically people got together to work out whether monkeys were descended from mankind or vice-versa. [...]
nemo said,
23.05.09 at 1:45 pm
Sorry for delay in posting comment: always check back to see if comment is approved. Also, how about some page references to the Gurdjeff passage you cite?