First Principles - Couverture rigide

Spencer, Herbert

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 144372145X ISBN 13 : 9781443721455

Editeur : Read Books, 2008

Synopsis

This vintage book contains Herbert Spencer's 1897 philosophical treatise, "First Principles". This fascinating book deals chiefly with the dualism of religion and science, exploring both subjects within a philosophical paradigm. This volume is a must-read for those with an interest in the work of Herbert Spencer, and it would make for a great addition to collections of philosophical literature. The chapters of this book include: "The Unknowable", "Religion and Science", "Ultimate Religious Ideas", "Ultimate Scientific Ideas", "The Relativity of all Knowledge", "The Reconciliation", Postscript to Part I", "Philosophy Defined", etcetera. Herbert Spencer (1820 - 1903) was an esteemed English philosopher, anthropologist, biologist, and sociologist. This vintage volume was first published in 1897, and is being republished now in an affordable, modern edition - complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

To the first edition of this work there should have been prefixed a definite indication of its origin; and the misapprehensions that have arisen in the absence of such indication, ought before now to have shown me the need for supplying it. Though reference was made in a note on the first page of the original preface, to certain Essays entitled Progress: its Law and Cause, and Transcendental Physiology, as containing generalizations which were to be elaborated in. the System of Philosophy there set forth in programme, yet the dates of these Essays were not given; nor was there any indication of their cardinal importance as containing, in a brief form, the general Theory of Evolution. No clear evidence to the contrary standing in the way, there has been very generally uttered and accepted the belief that this work, and the works following it, originated after, and resulted from, the special doctrine contained in Mr. Darwin s Origin of Speoiea. The Essay on Progress: its Law and Cause, coextensive in the theory it contains with Chapters XV., XVI., XV n., and XX. in Part H. of this work, was first published in the Westminster Review for A pril, 1857; and the Essay in which is briefly set forth the general truth elaborated in Chapter XIX., originally appeared, under the title of The Ultimate Laws of Physiology, in the National Review for October, 1857.
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Présentation de l'éditeur

Originally published in 1862. This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies. All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Read Books
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 144372145X
• ISBN 13: 9781443721455
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 516
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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