Thursday, September 17, 2009

Individual Evolvement and Species Evolvement

Acting for the benefit of others is one type of Diversification of the Individual, and Diversification without loss of Unity is Evolvement, so benefiting others without disadvantage to oneself constitutes a process of Individual Evolvement. Thus, universal Individual Evolvement would effect social Unification, a 'Kingdom of Ends', as Kant puts it. Now, the generation of Individuals is the Diversification of the species, and, again, Diversification without loss of Unity constitutes Evolvement. Therefore, Individual Evolvement and species Evolvement are one and the same process, from different perspectives.

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