Ernst Haeckel and Emil du Bois-Reymond were the most prominent champions of Darwin in Germany. This essay compares their contributions to popularizing the theory of evolution, drawing special attention to the neglected figure of du Bois-Reymond as a spokesman for a world devoid of natural purpose. It suggests that the historiography of the German reception of Darwin’s theory needs to be reassessed in the light of du Bois-Reymond’s Lucretian outlook.

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Haeckel和du Bois-Reymond：敌对的德国达尔文主义者。

恩斯特·海克尔（Ernst Haeckel）和埃米尔·杜博伊斯·雷蒙德（Emil du Bois-Reymond）是德国达尔文最杰出的冠军。本文比较了他们对普及进化论的贡献，并特别注意了杜·布瓦斯·雷蒙德（Du Bois-Reymond）被忽视的人物，他是一个缺乏自然目的的世界的代言人。它表明，需要根据杜波依斯·雷蒙德的卢克雷斯蒂安观点重新评估德国对达尔文理论的接受的史学。