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(1977) Scientific materialism in nineteenth century Germany, Dordrecht, Springer.
We are almost completely dependent on Moleschott's autobiography, Für meine Freunde (1894), for information concerning his life. Unlike Karl Vogt, who became the subject of several studies, there is no major secondary work dedicated to the examination of the writings of this notorious Dutchman. Jacob Moleschott, eldest of the Moleschott children, early showed signs of the streak of stubborn independence that characterized so many of the scientific materialists. Reprimanded as an eight-year old at school by a high ranking visitor for a mistake in calculation, Moleschott, who knew he was not in error, stubbornly and insolently refused to be corrected, prompting the visitor to leave the room.1 For the eventual scientist and materialist certainty would always be among the highest values in life.
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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-010-1173-0_5
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Gregory, F. (1977). Jacob Moleschott: "Für das Volk", in Scientific materialism in nineteenth century Germany, Dordrecht, Springer, pp. 80-99.
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