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First Principles of a New system of Philosophy

  
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Works by the same author Published by D. Appleton & co.
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PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION OF HERBERT SPENCER'S FIRST PRINCIPLES
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PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION OF HERBERT SPENCER'S FIRST PRINCIPLES
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PREFACE TO THE AMERICAN EDITION
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PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION OF HERBERT SPENCER'S FIRST PRINCIPLES
  
CONTENTS

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First Principles by Herbert Spencer 1862
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Part II Laws of the Knowable
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Chapter 1 Philosophy Defined
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Chapter 2 The Data of Philosophy
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Chapter 3 Space, Time, Matter, Motion, and Force
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Chapter 4 The Indestructibility of Matter
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Chapter 5 The Continuity of Motion
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Chapter 6 The Persistence of Force
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Chapter 7 The Persistence of Relation Among Forces
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Chapter 8 The Transformation and Equivalence of Forces
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Chapter 9 The Direction of Motion
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Chapter 10 The Rhythm of Motion
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Chapter 11 Recapitulation, Criticism, and Recommencement
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Chapter 12 Evolution and Dissolution
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Chapter 13 Simple and Compound Evolution
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Chapter 14 The Law of Evolution
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Chapter 15 The Law of Evolution continued
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Chapter 16 The Law of Evolution continued
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Chapter 17 The Law of Evolution concluded
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Chapter 18 The Interpretation of Evolution
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Chapter 19 The Instability of the Homogenous Exemplifying Instability at Large
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Chapter 20 The Multiplication of Effects
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Chapter 21 Segregation
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Chapter 22 Equilibration
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Chapter 23 Dissolution
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Chapter 24 Summary and Conclusion

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APPENDIX A. NOTE TO CHAPTERS XVII AND XIX.
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APPENDIX B. DEALING WITH CERTAIN CRITICISMS.
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APPENDIX C. DEALING WITH SOME CRITICISMS OF PROF. WARD.
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APPENDIX D. THE GENESIS OF GASEOUS NUBULÆ
  
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PROSPECTUS TO HERBERT SPENCER'S FIRST PRINCIPLES
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4. APPENDIX D.
THE GENESIS OF GASEOUS NUBULÆ

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