Essays, scientific, political, and speculative
By: by Herbert Spencer. Library ed. containing seven essays not before republished and various other additions ...
Publisher: D. Appleton
Published: 1907
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Science; Political science; Philosophy
Notes: Includes bibliographical footnotes.

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Table of contents: title: I.; title: Development hypothesis ; Progress: its law and cause ; Transcendental physiology ; Nebular hypothesis ; Illogical geology ; Bain on the emotions and the will ; Social organism ; Origin of animal worship ; Morals and moral sentiments ; Comparative psychology of man ; Mr. Martineau on evolution ; Factors of organic evolution -- -- II.; title: Genesis of science ; Classification of the sciences ; Reasons for dissenting from the philosophy of M. Comte ; Pn laws in general, and the order of their discovery ; Valuation of evidence ; What is electricity? ; Mill versus Hamilton--the test of truth ; Replies to criticisms ; Prof. Green's explanations ; Philosophy of style ; Use and beauty ; Sources of architectural types ; gracefulness ; Personal beauty ; Origin and function of music ; Physiology of laughter -- -- III.; title: Manners and fashion ; Railway morals and railway policy ; Morals of trade ; Prison-ethics ; Ethics of Kant ; Absolute political ethics ; Over-legislation ; Representative government--what is it good for? ; State-tamperings with money and banks ; Parliamentary reform: the dangers and the safeguards ; "Collective wisdom" ; Political fetichism ; Specialized administration ; From freedom to bondage ; Americans.