Produced by David Widger
INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG
WORKS OF
HERBERT SPENCER
Compiled by David Widger
CONTENTS
ESSAYS ON EDUCATION AND KINDRED SUBJECTS
## ESSAYS SCIENTIFIC, POLITICAL, & SPECULATIVE, Vol. I
## ESSAYS SCIENTIFIC, POLITICAL, & SPECULATIVE, Vol. II
## ESSAYS SCIENTIFIC, POLITICAL, & SPECULATIVE, Vol. III
THE RIGHT TO IGNORE THE STATE
## ILLUSTRATIONS OF UNIVERSAL PROGRESS
## THE DATA OF ETHICS
THE FACTORS OF ORGANIC EVOLUTION
## THE PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY, Vol. 1 (of 2)
## FIRST PRINCIPLES
TABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES
THE PHILOSOPHY OF STYLE.
By Herbert Spencer
CONTENTS
PART I. CAUSES OF FORCE IN LANGUAGE WHICH DEPEND UPON ECONOMY OF THE MENTAL ENERGIES
i. The Principle of Economy
ii. Economy in the Use of Words
iii. The Principle of Economy applied to Sentences
iv. The Principle of Economy applied to Figures
v. Suggestion as a Means of Economy
vi. The Effect of Poetry explained
PART II. CAUSES OF FORCE IN LANGUAGE WHICH DEPEND UPON ECONOMY OF THE MENTAL SENSIBILITIES
i. The Law of Mental Exhaustion and Repair
ii. Explanation of Climax, Antithesis, and Anticlimax
iii. Need of Variety
iv. The Ideal Writer
ESSAYS: SCIENTIFIC, POLITICAL, & SPECULATIVE.
VOL. I.
By Herbert Spencer
CONTENTS OF VOL. I.
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THE DEVELOPMENT HYPOTHESIS 1
PROGRESS: ITS LAW AND CAUSE 8
TRANSCENDENTAL PHYSIOLOGY 63
THE NEBULAR HYPOTHESIS 108
ILLOGICAL GEOLOGY 192
BAIN ON THE EMOTIONS AND THE WILL 241
THE SOCIAL ORGANISM 265
THE ORIGIN OF ANIMAL WORSHIP 308
MORALS AND MORAL SENTIMENTS 331
THE COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY OF MAN 351
MR. MARTINEAU ON EVOLUTION 371
THE FACTORS OF ORGANIC EVOLUTION 389
ESSAYS: SCIENTIFIC, POLITICAL, & SPECULATIVE
VOL. II.
By Herbert Spencer
CONTENTS OF VOL. II.
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THE GENESIS OF SCIENCE 1
THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE SCIENCES 74
REASONS FOR DISSENTING FROM THE PHILOSOPHY OF M. COMTE 118
ON LAWS IN GENERAL, AND THE ORDER OF THEIR DISCOVERY 145
THE VALUATION OF EVIDENCE 161
WHAT IS ELECTRICITY? 168
MILL versus HAMILTON-THE TEST OF TRUTH 188
REPLIES TO CRITICISMS 218
PROF. GREEN'S EXPLANATIONS 321
THE PHILOSOPHY OF STYLE 333
USE AND BEAUTY 370
THE SOURCES OF ARCHITECTURAL TYPES 375
GRACEFULNESS 381
PERSONAL BEAUTY 387
THE ORIGIN AND FUNCTION OF MUSIC 400
THE PHYSIOLOGY OF LAUGHTER 452
ESSAYS: SCIENTIFIC, POLITICAL, & SPECULATIVE
VOL. III.
By Herbert Spencer
CONTENTS OF VOL. III
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MANNERS AND FASHION 1
RAILWAY MORALS AND RAILWAY POLICY 52
THE MORALS OF TRADE 113
PRISON-ETHICS 152
THE ETHICS OF KANT 192
ABSOLUTE POLITICAL ETHICS 217
OVER-LEGISLATION 229
REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT-WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? 283
STATE-TAMPERINGS WITH MONEY AND BANKS 326
PARLIAMENTARY REFORM: THE DANGERS AND THE SAFEGUARDS 358
"THE COLLECTIVE WISDOM" 387
POLITICAL FETICHISM 393
SPECIALIZED ADMINISTRATION 401
FROM FREEDOM TO BONDAGE 445
THE AMERICANS 471
THE INDEX.
ILLUSTRATIONS OF UNIVERSAL PROGRESS
A Series of Discussions
By Herbert Spencer
CONTENTS.
PAGE
I. Progress: Its Law and Cause, 1
II. Manners and Fashion, 61
III. The Genesis of Science, 116
IV. The Physiology of Laughter, 194
V. The Origin and Function of Music, 210
VI. The Nebular Hypothesis, 239
VII. Bain on the Emotions and the Will, 300
VIII. Illogical Geology, 325
IX. The Development Hypothesis, 377
X. The Social Organism, 384
XI. Use and Beauty, 429
XII. The Sources of Architectural Types, 434
XIII. The Use of Anthropomorphism, 440
THE DATA OF ETHICS
By Herbert Spencer
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I.
Conduct in General 1
CHAPTER II.
The Evolution of Conduct 7
CHAPTER III.
Good and Bad Conduct 23
CHAPTER IV.
Ways of Judging Conduct 54
CHAPTER V.
The Physical View 75
CHAPTER VI.
The Biological View 88
CHAPTER VII.
The Psychological View 121
CHAPTER VIII.
The Sociological View 157
CHAPTER IX.
Criticisms and Explanations 178
CHAPTER X.
The Relativity of Pains and Pleasures 206
CHAPTER XI.
xEgoism versus Altruism 221
CHAPTER XII.
Altruism versus Egoism 237
CHAPTER XIII.
Trial and Compromise 258
CHAPTER XIV.
Conciliation 285
CHAPTER XV.
Absolute and Relative Ethics 304
CHAPTER XVI.
The Scope of Ethics 332
THE PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY
By Herbert Spencer
IN TWO VOLUMES
VOLUME I
CONTENTS OF VOL. I.
PART I.—THE DATA OF BIOLOGY.
CHAPTER PAGE
I. —Organic matter 3
II. —The actions of forces on organic matter 27
III. —The re-actions of organic matter on forces 45
IIIA. —Metabolism 62
IV. —Proximate conception of life 78
V. —The correspondence between life and its circumstances 91
VI. —The degree of life varies as the degree of correspondence 101
VIA. —The dynamic element in life 111
VII. —The scope of biology 124
PART II.—THE INDUCTIONS OF BIOLOGY.
I. —Growth 135
II. —Development 162
IIA. —Structure 181
III. —Function 197
IV. —Waste and repair 213
V. —Adaptation 227
VI. —Individuality 244
VIA. —Cell-life and cell-multiplication 252
VII. —Genesis 269
VIII. —Heredity 301
IX. —Variation 320
X. —Genesis, heredity, and variation 336
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—Genesis, heredity, and variation—Concluded 356
XI. —Classification 374
XII. —Distribution 395
PART III.—THE EVOLUTION OF LIFE.
I. —Preliminary 415
II. —General aspects of the special-creation-hypothesis 417
III. —General aspects of the evolution-hypothesis 431
IV. —The arguments from classification 441
V. —The arguments from embryology 450
VI. —The arguments from morphology 468
VII. —The arguments from distribution 476
VIII. —How is organic evolution caused? 490
IX. —External factors 499
X. —Internal factors 508
XI. —Direct equilibration 519
XII. —Indirect equilibration 529
XIII. —The co-operation of the factors 549
XIV. —The convergence of the evidences 554
XIVA. —Recent criticisms and hypotheses 559
APPENDICES.
A. —The general law of animal fertility 577
B. —The inadequacy of natural selection, etc. 602
C. —The inheritance of functionally-wrought modifications:
a summary 692
D. —On alleged "spontaneous generation" and on the hypothesis
of physiological units 696
FIRST PRINCIPLES
By Herbert Spencer
CONTENTS
PART I.-THE UNKNOWABLE.
CHAP. PAGE
I.- RELIGION AND SCIENCE 3
II.- ULTIMATE RELIGIOUS IDEAS 25
III.- ULTIMATE SCIENTIFIC IDEAS 47
IV.- THE RELATIVITY OF ALL KNOWLEDGE 68
V.- THE RECONCILIATION 98
PART II.-LAWS OF THE KNOWABLE.
I.- LAWS IN GENERAL 127
II.- THE LAW OF EVOLUTION 146
III.- THE LAW OF EVOLUTION (CONTINUED) 175
IV.- THE CAUSES OF EVOLUTION 219
V.- SPACE, TIME, MATTER, MOTION, AND FORCE 224
VI.- THE INDESTRUCTIBILITY OF MATTER 238
VII.- THE CONTINUITY OF MOTION 246
VIII.- THE PERSISTENCE OF FORCE 251
IX.- THE CORRELATION AND EQUIVALENCE OF FORCES 259
xiiX.- THE DIRECTION OF MOTION 286
XI.- THE RHYTHM OF MOTION 313
XII.- THE CONDITIONS ESSENTIAL TO EVOLUTION 335
XIII.- THE INSTABILITY OF THE HOMOGENEOUS 358
XIV.- THE MULTIPLICATION OF EFFECTS 388
XV.- DIFFERENTIATION AND INTEGRATION 416
VI.- EQUILIBRATION 440
XVII.- SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION 487
