▁that ▁v ibr ations ▁and ▁coll isions ▁of ▁atoms ▁in ▁the ▁void ▁— ▁without ▁divine ▁inter vention ▁— ▁had ▁formed ▁" Prim ord ial ▁Se eds " ▁( sem ina ) ▁which ▁were ▁the ▁" im mediate , ▁primitive , ▁product ive ▁Princi ples ▁of ▁Men , ▁Anim als , ▁Bird s ▁and ▁Fish es ." ▁For ▁H ale , ▁this ▁mechanism ▁was ▁" abs urd ", ▁because ▁" it ▁must ▁have ▁potentially ▁at ▁least ▁the ▁whole ▁System e ▁of ▁Hum ane ▁Nature , ▁or ▁at ▁least ▁that ▁Ide al ▁Princi ple ▁or ▁Configuration ▁there of , ▁in ▁the ▁evolution ▁where of ▁the ▁complement ▁and ▁formation ▁of ▁the ▁Hum ane ▁Nature ▁must ▁consist ▁... ▁and ▁all ▁this ▁drawn ▁from ▁a ▁fort uit ous ▁coal ition ▁of ▁sens eless ▁and ▁dead ▁At oms ." ▁ ▁While ▁H ale ▁first ▁used ▁the ▁term ▁evolution ▁in ▁arg uing ▁against ▁the ▁exact ▁mechan istic ▁view ▁the ▁word ▁would ▁come ▁to ▁symbol ize , ▁he ▁also ▁demonstr ates ▁that ▁at ▁least ▁some ▁evolution ist ▁theories ▁expl ored ▁between ▁ 1 6 5 0 ▁and ▁ 1 8 0 0 ▁post ulated ▁that ▁the ▁universe , ▁including ▁life ▁on ▁earth , ▁had ▁developed ▁mechan ically , ▁entirely ▁without ▁divine ▁guidance . ▁Ar ound ▁this ▁time , ▁the ▁mechanical ▁philosophy ▁of ▁Des cart es , ▁rein for ced ▁by ▁the ▁physics ▁of ▁Gal ile o ▁and ▁Newton , ▁began ▁to ▁encou rage ▁the ▁machine - like ▁view ▁of ▁the ▁universe ▁which ▁would ▁come ▁to ▁character ise ▁the ▁scientific ▁revolution .