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First and Last Things

by H. G. Wells

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Author
Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946
Title
First and Last Things: A Confession of Faith and Rule of Life
Credits
Produced by Rebecca Trump, Sue Asscher, and David Widger
Language
English
LoC Class
BJ: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Ethics, Social usages, Etiquette, Religion
Subject
Conduct of life
Category
Text
eBook-No.
4225
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4225
Release Date
July 1, 2003
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.FIRST AND LAST THINGS
  2. 2.A CONFESSION OF FAITH AND RULE OF LIFE
  3. 3.By H.G. Wells
  4. 4.INTRODUCTION.
  5. 5.BOOK THE FIRST. — METAPHYSICS.
  6. 6.1.1. THE NECESSITY FOR METAPHYSICS.
  7. 7.1.2. THE RESUMPTION OF METAPHYSICAL ENQUIRY.
  8. 8.1.3. THE WORLD OF FACT.
  9. 9.1.4. SCEPTICISM OF THE INSTRUMENT.
  10. 10.1.5. THE CLASSIFICATORY ASSUMPTION.
  11. 11.1.6. EMPTY TERMS.
  12. 12.1.7. NEGATIVE TERMS.
  13. 13.1.8. LOGIC STATIC AND LIFE KINETIC.
  14. 14.1.9. PLANES AND DIALECTS OF THOUGHT.
  15. 15.1.10. PRACTICAL CONCLUSIONS FROM THESE CONSIDERATIONS.
  16. 16.1.11. BELIEFS.
  17. 17.1.12. SUMMARY.
  18. 18.BOOK THE SECOND — OF BELIEFS
  19. 19.2.1. MY PRIMARY ACT OF FAITH.
  20. 20.2.2. ON USING THE NAME OF GOD.
  21. 21.2.3. FREE WILL AND PREDESTINATION.
  22. 22.2.4. A PICTURE OF THE WORLD OF MEN.
  23. 23.2.5. THE PROBLEM OF MOTIVES THE REAL PROBLEM OF LIFE.
  24. 24.2.6. A REVIEW OF MOTIVES.
  25. 25.2.7. THE SYNTHETIC MOTIVE.
  26. 26.2.8. THE BEING OF MANKIND.
  27. 27.2.9. INDIVIDUALITY AN INTERLUDE.
  28. 28.2.10. THE MYSTIC ELEMENT.
  29. 29.2.11. THE SYNTHESIS.
  30. 30.2.12. OF PERSONAL IMMORTALITY.
  31. 31.2.13. A CRITICISM OF CHRISTIANITY.
  32. 32.2.14. OF OTHER RELIGIONS.
  33. 33.2.15.
  34. 34.BOOK THE THIRD — OF GENERAL CONDUCT
  35. 35.3.1. CONDUCT FOLLOWS FROM BELIEF.
  36. 36.3.2. WHAT IS GOOD?
  37. 37.3.3. SOCIALISM.
  38. 38.3.4. A CRITICISM OF CERTAIN FORMS OF SOCIALISM.
  39. 39.3.5. HATE AND LOVE.
  40. 40.3.6. THE PRELIMINARY SOCIAL DUTY.
  41. 41.3.7. WRONG WAYS OF LIVING.
  42. 42.3.8. SOCIAL PARASITISM AND CONTEMPORARY INJUSTICES.
  43. 43.3.9. THE CASE OF THE WIFE AND MOTHER.
  44. 44.3.10. ASSOCIATIONS.
  45. 45.3.11. OF AN ORGANIZED BROTHERHOOD.
  46. 46.3.12. CONCERNING NEW STARTS AND NEW RELIGIONS.
  47. 47.3.13. THE IDEA OF THE CHURCH.
  48. 48.3.14. OF SECESSION.
  49. 49.3.15. A DILEMMA.
  50. 50.3.16. A COMMENT. — The preceding section has been criticized by a friend who writes:—
  51. 51.3.17. WAR.
  52. 52.3.18. WAR AND COMPETITION. — What is the meaning of war in life?
  53. 53.3.19. MODERN WAR.
  54. 54.3.20. OF ABSTINENCES AND DISCIPLINES.
  55. 55.3.21. ON FORGETTING, AND THE NEED OF PRAYER, READING, DISCUSSION AND WORSHIP.
  56. 56.3.22. DEMOCRACY AND ARISTOCRACY.
  57. 57.3.23. ON DEBTS OF HONOUR.
  58. 58.3.24. THE IDEA OF JUSTICE.
  59. 59.3.25. OF LOVE AND JUSTICE.
  60. 60.3.26. THE WEAKNESS OF IMMATURITY.
  61. 61.3.27. POSSIBILITY OF A NEW ETIQUETTE.
  62. 62.3.28. SEX.
  63. 63.3.29. THE INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGE.
  64. 64.3.30. CONDUCT IN RELATION TO THE THING THAT IS.
  65. 65.3.31. CONDUCT TOWARDS TRANSGRESSORS.
  66. 66.BOOK THE FOURTH — SOME PERSONAL THINGS.
  67. 67.4.1. PERSONAL LOVE AND LIFE.
  68. 68.4.2. THE NATURE OF LOVE. — It is well perhaps to look a little into the factors that make up Love.
  69. 69.4.3. THE WILL TO LOVE.
  70. 70.4.4. LOVE AND DEATH.
  71. 71.4.5. THE CONSOLATION OF FAILURE.
  72. 72.4.6. THE LAST CONFESSION.

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