FIRST AND LAST THINGS
A CONFESSION OF FAITH AND RULE OF LIFE
By H.G. Wells
CONTENTS
[ BOOK THE FIRST. — METAPHYSICS. ]
[ 1.1. THE NECESSITY FOR METAPHYSICS. ]
[ 1.2. THE RESUMPTION OF METAPHYSICAL ENQUIRY. ]
[ 1.4. SCEPTICISM OF THE INSTRUMENT. ]
[ 1.5. THE CLASSIFICATORY ASSUMPTION. ]
[ 1.8. LOGIC STATIC AND LIFE KINETIC. ]
[ 1.9. PLANES AND DIALECTS OF THOUGHT. ]
[ 1.10. PRACTICAL CONCLUSIONS FROM THESE CONSIDERATIONS. ]
[ BOOK THE SECOND — OF BELIEFS ]
[ 2.1. MY PRIMARY ACT OF FAITH. ]
[ 2.2. ON USING THE NAME OF GOD. ]
[ 2.3. FREE WILL AND PREDESTINATION. ]
[ 2.4. A PICTURE OF THE WORLD OF MEN. ]
[ 2.5. THE PROBLEM OF MOTIVES THE REAL PROBLEM OF LIFE. ]
[ 2.7. THE SYNTHETIC MOTIVE. ]
[ 2.8. THE BEING OF MANKIND. ]
[ 2.9. INDIVIDUALITY AN INTERLUDE. ]
[ 2.12. OF PERSONAL IMMORTALITY. ]
[ 2.13. A CRITICISM OF CHRISTIANITY. ]
[ BOOK THE THIRD — OF GENERAL CONDUCT ]
[ 3.1. CONDUCT FOLLOWS FROM BELIEF. ]
[ 3.4. A CRITICISM OF CERTAIN FORMS OF SOCIALISM. ]
[ 3.6. THE PRELIMINARY SOCIAL DUTY. ]
[ 3.7. WRONG WAYS OF LIVING. ]
[ 3.8. SOCIAL PARASITISM AND CONTEMPORARY INJUSTICES. ]
[ 3.9. THE CASE OF THE WIFE AND MOTHER. ]
[ 3.11. OF AN ORGANIZED BROTHERHOOD. ]
[ 3.12. CONCERNING NEW STARTS AND NEW RELIGIONS. ]
[ 3.13. THE IDEA OF THE CHURCH. ]
[ 3.18. WAR AND COMPETITION. ]
[ 3.20. OF ABSTINENCES AND DISCIPLINES. ]
[ 3.21. ON FORGETTING, AND THE NEED OF PRAYER,
READING, DISCUSSION AND WORSHIP ][ 3.22. DEMOCRACY AND ARISTOCRACY. ]
[ 3.24. THE IDEA OF JUSTICE. ]
[ 3.25. OF LOVE AND JUSTICE. ]
[ 3.26. THE WEAKNESS OF IMMATURITY. ]
[ 3.27. POSSIBILITY OF A NEW ETIQUETTE. ]
[ 3.29. THE INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGE. ]
[ 3.30. CONDUCT IN RELATION TO THE THING THAT IS. ]
[ 3.31. CONDUCT TOWARDS TRANSGRESSORS. ]
[ BOOK THE FOURTH — SOME PERSONAL THINGS. ]
[ 4.1. PERSONAL LOVE AND LIFE. ]