Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative (Vol. 1-3)

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Spencer Herbert. Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative (Vol. 1-3)

Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative (Vol. 1-3)

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Volume 1

Table of Contents

PREFACE

THE DEVELOPMENT HYPOTHESIS

FOOTNOTE:

PROGRESS: ITS LAW AND CAUSE

FOOTNOTES:

TRANSCENDENTAL PHYSIOLOGY

FOOTNOTES:

THE NEBULAR HYPOTHESIS

FOOTNOTES:

ADDENDA

FOOTNOTES:

THE CONSTITUTION OF THE SUN

FOOTNOTES:

ILLOGICAL GEOLOGY

FOOTNOTE:

BAIN ON THE EMOTIONS AND THE WILL

THE SOCIAL ORGANISM

FOOTNOTE:

THE ORIGIN OF ANIMAL WORSHIP

FOOTNOTES:

MORALS AND MORAL SENTIMENTS

FOOTNOTES:

THE COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY OF MAN

MR. MARTINEAU ON EVOLUTION

FOOTNOTES:

THE FACTORS OF ORGANIC EVOLUTION

I

II

FOOTNOTES:

A COUNTER-CRITICISM

Volume 2

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THE GENESIS OF SCIENCE

ENDNOTE TO THE GENESIS OF SCIENCE

THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE SCIENCES

TABLE I

TABLE II

TABLE III

POSTSCRIPT REPLYING TO CRITICISMS

ENDNOTES TO THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE SCIENCES.

REASONS FOR DISSENTING FROM THE PHILOSOPHY OF M. COMTE

NOTE

APPENDIX A

APPENDIX B

ENDNOTES TO REASONS FOR DISSENTING FROM COMTE

ON LAWS IN GENERAL, AND THE ORDER OF THEIR DISCOVERY

THE VALUATION OF EVIDENCE

WHAT IS ELECTRICITY?

POSTSCRIPT (1873)

ENDNOTE TO WHAT IS ELECTRICITY?

MILL versus HAMILTON—THE TEST OF TRUTH

REPLIES TO CRITICISMS

POSTSCRIPT

THESES

APPENDIX A

APPENDIX B

APPENDIX C. SUMMARY OF RESULTS

ENDNOTES TO REPLIES TO CRITICISMS

PROF. GREEN’S EXPLANATIONS

POSTSCRIPT

ENDNOTES TO PROF. GREEN’S EXPLANATIONS

THE PHILOSOPHY OF STYLE

POSTSCRIPT

ENDNOTE TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF STYLE

USE AND BEAUTY

THE SOURCES OF ARCHITECTURAL TYPES

GRACEFULNESS

ENDNOTE TO GRACEFULNESS

PERSONAL BEAUTY

II

THE ORIGIN AND FUNCTION OF MUSIC

POSTSCRIPT

ENDNOTES TO THE ORIGIN AND FUNCTION OF MUSIC

THE PHYSIOLOGY OF LAUGHTER

ENDNOTE TO THE PHYSIOLOGY OF LAUGHTER

Volume 3

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MANNERS AND FASHION

RAILWAY MORALS AND RAILWAY POLICY

THE MORALS OF TRADE

PRISON-ETHICS

THE ETHICS OF KANT

ABSOLUTE POLITICAL ETHICS

OVER-LEGISLATION.26

REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT—WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR?

STATE-TAMPERINGS WITH MONEY AND BANKS

PARLIAMENTARY REFORM: THE DANGERS AND THE SAFEGUARDS

“THE COLLECTIVE WISDOM.”

POLITICAL FETICHISM

SPECIALIZED ADMINISTRATION

FROM FREEDOM TO BONDAGE

THE AMERICANS: A CONVERSATION AND A SPEECH, WITH AN ADDITION

I.—A CONVERSATION: October 20, 1882

II.—A SPEECH:

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But we venture to think our case is already made out. The imperfections of statement which brevity has necessitated, do not, we believe, invalidate the propositions laid down. The qualifications here and there demanded would not, if made, affect the inferences. Though, in tracing the genesis of progress, we have frequently spoken of complex causes as if they were simple ones; it still remains true that such causes are far less complex than their results. Detailed criticisms do not affect our main position. Endless facts go to show that every kind of progress is from the homogeneous to the heterogeneous; and that it is so because each change is followed by many changes. And it is significant that where the facts are most accessible and abundant, there these truths are most manifest.

However, to avoid committing ourselves to more than is yet proved, we must be content with saying that such are the law and the cause of all progress that is known to us. Should the Nebular Hypothesis ever be established, then it will become manifest that the Universe at large, like every organism, was once homogeneous; that as a whole, and in every detail, it has unceasingly advanced towards greater heterogeneity. It will be seen that as in each event of to-day, so from the beginning, the decomposition of every expended force into several forces has been perpetually producing a higher complication; that the increase of heterogeneity so brought about is still going on and must continue to go on; and that thus progress is not an accident, not a thing within human control, but a beneficent necessity.

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