# Haeckel — Orthodoxy character guide

> Haeckel in Orthodoxy by G. K. Chesterton.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Ernst Haeckel

**First appearance:** 0005-iii-the-suicide-of-thought

## Who they are

German biologist, whose materialist philosophy is mentioned.

## In the story

### [The Maniac](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orthodoxy_se/chapters/ii-the-maniac)

Mentioned in the context of materialism; the narrator does not attempt to prove materialism untrue but notes its limiting nature.

### [IV: The Ethics of Elfland](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/orthodoxy_se/chapters/iv-the-ethics-of-elfland)

Mentioned as a proponent of fatalism, contrasted with the fairy-tale view of necessity.

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