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contributor to the religion of Darwinism was the Greek philosopher
Aristotle. According to Aristotle, species can be arranged in a
hierarchy from the simplest to the most complex and aligned in a
linear form like steps in a ladder; he called this thesis the Scala
Naturae. This idea of Aristotle would deeply influence western
thought until the 18th century and was later to become the origin of
belief in the Great Chain of Being, which, in turn, became the theory of
evolution.

Another Belief from Ancient Pagan Cultures:
The Great Chain of Being

The underlying idea of Darwinism – that every living thing
evolved from matter – is first encountered in the conception of the
Great Chain of Being by the Greek philosopher Aristotle. This is an
evolutionary belief still popular with those philosophers who deny the
existence of AllŒh.
The originally Greek idea
that the first living thing
spontaneously produced
itself from water in the
course of time became the
doctrine of the Great Chain
of Being. According to the
Scala Naturae which had
been accepted for 2000
years, living things

The Greek philosopher Aristotle:
His thesis, Scala Naturae, was a
source of inspiration for modern
evolutionists.

THE RELIGION OF DARWINISM