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In the third edition in 1861, Darwin included a preface on the historical background of his theory, and only made minor corrections in the fourth (1866). Image: Darwin OnlineĪnd above all, in the final pages he added several sentences in which he maintains: “ I see no good reasons why the views given in this volume should shock the religious views of anyone.” To justify this argument, he turned to a famous author and clergyman ( Charles Kingsley): “I have gradually learnt to see that it is just as noble a conception of Deity, to believe that he created primal forms capable of self development into all forms…” GENETIC VARIATIONS AND INHERITANCE: AN ENRICHING CRITIQUE In the second version of On the Origin of Species, Darwin deliberately mentions a “creator”.

First, he mentions a creator in the previous sentence, something that remained in subsequent editions, which could be interpreted as an attempt to reassure his critics. In the second edition in 1860, just a few months after the first – Darwin made two tweaks in terms of religion. “There is grandeur in this view of life…whilst this planet has gone cycling…from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.” The most controversial part was that the last sentence of the summary of his piece, which did not include such a creator anywhere: This was the motive for the enormous criticism from different religious sectors as it did away with the idea of a creator’s involvement in this process. Thus, he also clearly positioned himself against the possibility that the species were independently created. In the first edition of On the Origin of Species, Darwin explained how the different species of living organisms were created through natural selection from a common ancestor (1). Do his responses to the critiques remain valid today? THE RELIGIOUS ISSUE

In the sixth and final edition in 1872, he touched up certain parts and concepts that had been called into question. In response to these objections, Darwin edited his work on at least five occasions.

In 1859, Charles Darwin published his culminating work On the Origin of Species, which immediately received many different objections and critiques from various angles – both scientific and religious as well as political and sociological, among others.