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HALE, Sir Matthew (1609 – 1676)

HALE, Sir Matthew (1609 – 1676)

1609 – 1676

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1677 CE

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The primitive organization of mankind considered and examined according to the light of nature.

HALE, Sir Matthew (1609 – 1676)
HALE, Sir Matthew (1609 – 1676)

In response to Isaac de la Peyrere‘s theory of polygenesis, Hale, Chief Justice of the King’s Bench, advanced his own theory that the earth was not eternal, but rather had a spontaneous “beginning,&r…