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Polygenetic   Listen
adjective
Polygenetic  adj.  
1.
Having many distinct sources; originating at various places or times.
2.
(Biol.) Of or pertaining to polygenesis; polyphyletic.
Polygenetic mountain range (Geol.), one which is composite, or consists of two or more monogenetic ranges, each having had its own history of development.





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"Polygenetic" Quotes from Famous Books



... anti-teleologically—if we were permitted to suppose that that which came into existence, repeatedly, and in different places, had each time entirely different causes without a common aim and a common plan. If we think teleologically, we see the unity of mankind, also in case of a polygenetic origin, in the unity of the metaphysical and teleological cause which called mankind into existence; and to rational beings, endowed with mind, as men are, the metaphysical bond is certainly stronger than the physical. {341} Precisely the Darwinian ideas ...
— The Theories of Darwin and Their Relation to Philosophy, Religion, and Morality • Rudolf Schmid


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