Herbert Spencer-First Principles

Herbert Spencer-First Principles
Herbert Spencer
Cambridge Library Collection - Religion
Cambridge University Press (2009)
Format PDF 19.5 MB
Pages 520

PART I.—THE UNKNOWABLE.

I. RELIGION AND SCIENCE  3

II. ULTIMATE BELIGIOUS IDEAS  25

III. ULTIMATE SCIENTIFIC IDEAS   47

IV. THE RELATIVITY OF ALL KNOWLEDGE  68

V. THE RECONCILIATION  98

PART II. LAWS OR THE KNOWABLE

I. LAWS IN GENERAL  127

II. THE LAW OF EVOLUTION  146

III. THE LAW OF EVOLUTION (CONTINUED) 175

IV. THE CAUSES OF EVOLUTION  219

V. SPACE, TIME, MATTER, MOTION, AND FORCE  224

VI. THE INDESTRUCTIBILITY OF MATTER  238

VII. THE CONTINUITY OF MOTION  246

VIII. THE PERSISTENCE OF FORCE 251

IX.THE CORRELATION AND EQUIVALENCE OF FORCES 259

X.  THE DIRECTION OF MOTION  286

XI.  THE RHYTHM OF MOTION  313

XII.  THE CONDITIONS ESSENTIAL TO EVOLUTION  335

XIII. THE INSTABILITY OF THE HOMOGENEOUS  358

XIV. THE MULTIPLICATION OF EFFECTS  388

XV. DIFFERENTIATION AND INTEGRATION  416

XVI. EQUILIBRATION  440

XVII. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION   487