Ernst Haeckel
Coined ecology, phylogeny; mapped evolutionary trees
Quotes by Ernst Haeckel
The monistic religion is the religion of the future.
The human body is a museum of ancestral forms.
The development of the individual is a brief recapitulation of the development of the race.
The struggle for life is the great law of nature.
The beauty of the natural forms is the highest source of artistic inspiration.
The theory of descent is the key to all the mysteries of organic nature.
The monistic philosophy is the only philosophy compatible with modern science.
The infinite variety of organic forms is the result of adaptation to the conditions of existence.
The cell is the atom of the organic world.
The history of civilization is the history of the human mind.
The love of nature is the love of truth.
The purpose of life is the development of the mind.
The evolution of the universe is a continuous process of differentiation and integration.
The human race is the highest product of organic evolution.
The study of nature is the study of ourselves.
The monistic worldview is the foundation of a new ethics.
The beauty of the universe is the beauty of its laws.
The theory of evolution has destroyed the old anthropocentric view of the world.
The cell is the simplest form of life that can exist independently.
The progress of humanity depends on the progress of science.