Simon Conway Morris on Owen Barfield, Tolkien and consciousness @iammarkvernon

Simon Conway Morris on Owen Barfield, Tolkien and consciousness @iammarkvernon

Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago

Congratulations to the Cambridge evolutionary biologist for the 2026 Templeton Prize - one of the most thorough and innovative Darwinian evolutionists.
This clip is from a talk he gave on Barfield and language, more on my channel and Substack, A Golden String.

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