Essays
Subtitle: scientific, political, and speculative
By: by Herbert Spencer.
Edition: Library ed. containing seven essays not before published and various other additions.
Publisher: D. Appleton
Published: 1904
Place of publication: New York
Subjects: Science; Political science; Philosophy, English -- 19th century
Table of contents: title: I. The development hypothesis.  Progress: its law and cause. Transcendental physiology.  The nebular hypothesis.  Illogical geology. Bain on the emotions and the will.  The social organism.  The origin of animal worship.  Morals and moral sentiments.  The comparative psychology of man.  Mr. Martineau on evolution.  The factors of organic evolution.- II. The genesis of science.  The classification of the sciences.  Reasons for dissenting from the philosophy of M. Comte.  On laws in general, and the order of their discovery.  The valuation of evidence.  What is electricity?  Mill versus Hamilton - The test of truth.  Replies to criticisms.  Prof. Green's explanations.  The philosophy of style.  Use and beauty.  The sources of architectural types.  Gracefulness.  Personal beauty.  The origin and function of music.  The physiology of laughter.- III. Manners and fashion.  Railway morals and railway policy.  The morals of trade.  Prison-ethics.  The 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 safe-guards.  "The collective wisdom."  Political fetichisms. Specialized administration.  From freedom to bondage.  The Americans. Index, by F. Howard Collins.