Essays

About this eBook

Author

Spencer, Herbert, 1820-1903

Title

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

Credits

Produced by Josep Cols Canals, Adrian Mastronardi, RichardW, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries and Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

B: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion

Subject

Political science

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 53395

Release Date

October 29, 2016

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.ESSAYS: SCIENTIFIC, POLITICAL, & SPECULATIVE. — CONTENTS OF VOL. II.
2. 2.THE GENESIS OF SCIENCE. — ENDNOTE TO THE GENESIS OF SCIENCE .
3. 3.THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE SCIENCES. — TABLE I. — TABLE II. — TABLE III. — P OSTSCRIPT R EPLYING TO C RITICISMS. — ENDNOTES TO THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE SCIENCES. .
4. 4.REASONS FOR DISSENTING FROM THE PHILOSOPHY OF M. COMTE. — N OTE . — A PPENDIX A. — A PPENDIX B. — ENDNOTES TO REASONS FOR DISSENTING FROM COMTE.
5. 5.ON LAWS IN GENERAL, AND THE ORDER OF THEIR DISCOVERY.
6. 6.THE VALUATION OF EVIDENCE.
7. 7.WHAT IS ELECTRICITY? — P OSTSCRIPT (1873). — ENDNOTE TO WHAT IS ELECTRICITY? .
8. 8.MILL versus HAMILTON—THE TEST OF TRUTH.
9. 9.REPLIES TO CRITICISMS. — P OSTSCRIPT .
10. 10.THESES.
11. 11.APPENDIX A. — APPENDIX B. — APPENDIX C. SUMMARY OF RESULTS. — ENDNOTES TO REPLIES TO CRITICISMS .
12. 12.PROF. GREEN’S EXPLANATIONS. — P OSTSCRIPT. — ENDNOTES TO PROF. GREEN’S EXPLANATIONS .
13. 13.THE PHILOSOPHY OF STYLE. — P OSTSCRIPT. — ENDNOTE TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF STYLE .
14. 14.USE AND BEAUTY.
15. 15.THE SOURCES OF ARCHITECTURAL TYPES.
16. 16.GRACEFULNESS. — ENDNOTE TO GRACEFULNESS .
17. 17.PERSONAL BEAUTY. — II.
18. 18.THE ORIGIN AND FUNCTION OF MUSIC.
19. 19.P OSTSCRIPT. — ENDNOTES TO THE ORIGIN AND FUNCTION OF MUSIC .
20. 20.THE PHYSIOLOGY OF LAUGHTER. — ENDNOTE TO THE PHYSIOLOGY OF LAUGHTER .
21. 21.MR. HERBERT SPENCER’S WORKS.
22. 22.Untitled
23. 23.Untitled
24. 24.Untitled
25. 25.Untitled

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