Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative; Vol. 2 of 3 / Library Edition (1891), Containing Seven Essays not before Republished, and Various other Additions.

by Herbert Spencer

MR. HERBERT SPENCER’S WORKS.

A SYSTEM OF SYNTHETIC PHILOSOPHY.

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FIRST PRINCIPLES.

CONTENTS.

• PART I.—THE UNKNOWABLE.
  • 1. Religion and Science.
  • 2. Ultimate Religious Ideas.
  • 3. Ultimate Scientific Ideas.
  • 4. The Relativity of All Knowledge.
  • 5. The Reconciliation.
• PART II.—THE KNOWABLE.
  • 1. Philosophy Defined
  • 2. The Data of Philosophy.
  • 3. Space, Time, Matter, Motion, and Force.
  • 4. The In­de­struc­ti­bil­ity of Matter.
  • 5. The Continuity of Motion.
  • 6. The Persistence of Force.
  • 7. The Persistence of Relations among Forces.
  • 8. The Transformation and Equivalence of Forces.
  • 9. The Direction of Motion.
  • 10. The Rhythm of Motion.
  • 11. Recapitulation, Criticism, and Recommencement.
  • 12. Evolution and Dissolution.
  • 13. Simple and Compound Evolution.
  • 14. The Law of Evolution.
  • 15. The Law of Evolution, continued.
  • 16. The Law of Evolution, continued.
  • 17. The Law of Evolution, concluded.
  • 18. The Interpretation of Evolution.
  • 19. The Instability of the Homogeneous.
  • 20. The Multiplication of Effects.
  • 21. Segregation.
  • 22. Equilibration.
  • 23. Dissolution.
  • 24. Summary and Conclusion.

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