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First Principles (1867)

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Spencer attempts a synthesis of his thought and expounds the first systematic theory of evolution in this work.

First Principles, 2nd ed. (London: Williams and Norgate, 1867).

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Table of Contents

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
PART I.
CHAPTER I.: RELIGION AND SCIENCE.
CHAPTER II.: ULTIMATE RELIGIOUS IDEAS.
CHAPTER III.: ULTIMATE SCIENTIFIC IDEAS.
CHAPTER IV.: THE RELATIVITY OF ALL KNOWLEDGE.
CHAPTER V.: THE RECONCILIATION.
PART II.: THE KNOWABLE.
CHAPTER I.: PHILOSOPHY DEFINED.
CHAPTER II.: THE DATA OF PHILOSOPHY.
CHAPTER III.: SPACE, TIME, MATTER, MOTION, AND FORCE.
CHAPTER IV.: THE INDESTRUCTIBILITY OF MATTER.
CHAPTER V.: THE CONTINUITY OF MOTION.
CHAPTER VI.: THE PERSISTENCE OF FORCE.∗
CHAPTER VII.: THE PERSISTENCE OF RELATIONS AMONG FORCES.
CHAPTER VIII.: THE TRANSFORMATION AND EQUIVALENCE OF FORCES.
CHAPTER IX.: THE DIRECTION OF MOTION.
CHAPTER X.: THE RHYTHM OF MOTION.
CHAPTER XI.: RECAPITULATION, CRITICISM, AND RECOMMENCEMENT.
CHAPTER XII.: EVOLUTION AND DISSOLUTION.
CHAPTER XIII.: SIMPLE AND COMPOUND EVOLUTION.
CHAPTER XIV.: THE LAW OF EVOLUTION.
CHAPTER XV.: THE LAW OF EVOLUTION CONTINUED.
CHAPTER XVI.: THE LAW OF EVOLUTION CONTINUED.
CHAPTER XVII.: THE LAW OF EVOLUTION CONCLUDED.
CHAPTER XVIII.: THE INTERPRETATION OF EVOLUTION.
CHAPTER XIX.: THE INSTABILITY OF THE HOMOGENEOUS.∗
CHAPTER XX.: THE MULTIPLICATION OF EFFECTS.
CHAPTER XXI.: SEGREGATION.
CHAPTER XXII.: EQUILIBRATION.
CHAPTER XXIII.: DISSOLUTION.
CHAPTER XXIV.: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION.