[1]Darwin, "The Origin of Species." Prosper Lucas, "De l'Hérédité."
[2]Spinosa, "Ethics," part IV., axiom.
[3]For this scale of coordinate effects consult, "Langues Sémitiques," by Renan, ch. I; "Comparison des civilisations Grecque et Romaine," vol. I., ch. I., 3d ed., by Mommsen; "Conséquences de la démocratie," vol. III., by De Tocqueville.
[4]"L'Esprit des Lois," by Montesquieu; the essential principles of the three governments.
[5]The birth of the Alexandrine philosophy is due to contact with the Orient. Aristotle's metaphysical views stand alone. Moreover, with him as with Plato, they afford merely a glimpse. By way of contrast see systematic power in Plotinus, Proclus, Schelling, and Hegel, or again in the admirable boldness of Brahmanic and Buddhist speculation.
[6]I have very often made attempts to state this law, especially in the preface to "Essais de Critique et d'Histoire."
[7]From 1550 to 1750.