Title page from Essays: Scientific, Political and Speculative, Vol. 1

Part of: Essays: Scientific, Political and Speculative, 3 vols. (1891) Essays: Scientific, Political and Speculative, Vol. 1

Volume 1 of a three volume collection of Spencer’s essays which cover political philosophy, sociology, science, and current affairs.

Key Quotes

Society

Yet that societies are not artificially put together, is a truth so manifest, that it seems wonderful men should ever have overlooked it. Perhaps nothing more clearly shows the small value of historical studies, as they have been commonly pursued. You need but to look at the changes going on…