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First Principles (2nd edition, 1867) by Herbert Spencer

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Chapters

  1. PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.530 words
  2. FIRST PRINCIPLES.171 words
  3. Vol. I.55 words
  4. Vol. II.100 words
  5. Vol. I.105 words
  6. Vol. I.113 words
  7. Vol. II.131 words
  8. Vol. III.137 words
  9. Vol. I.116 words
  10. Vol. II.370 words
  11. CONTENTS.191 words
  12. CHAPTER I.: RELIGION AND SCIENCE.7,497 words
  13. CHAPTER II.: ULTIMATE RELIGIOUS IDEAS.7,502 words
  14. CHAPTER III.: ULTIMATE SCIENTIFIC IDEAS.7,078 words
  15. CHAPTER IV.: THE RELATIVITY OF ALL KNOWLEDGE.9,979 words
  16. CHAPTER V.: THE RECONCILIATION.8,919 words
  17. CHAPTER I.: PHILOSOPHY DEFINED.2,487 words
  18. CHAPTER II.: THE DATA OF PHILOSOPHY.7,376 words
  19. CHAPTER III.: SPACE, TIME, MATTER, MOTION, AND FORCE.4,524 words
  20. CHAPTER IV.: THE INDESTRUCTIBILITY OF MATTER.2,445 words
  21. CHAPTER V.: THE CONTINUITY OF MOTION.1,602 words
  22. CHAPTER VI.: THE PERSISTENCE OF FORCE.∗2,568 words
  23. CHAPTER VII.: THE PERSISTENCE OF RELATIONS AMONG FORCES.908 words
  24. CHAPTER VIII.: THE TRANSFORMATION AND EQUIVALENCE OF FORCES.8,598 words
  25. CHAPTER IX.: THE DIRECTION OF MOTION.8,936 words
  26. CHAPTER X.: THE RHYTHM OF MOTION.7,280 words
  27. CHAPTER XI.: RECAPITULATION, CRITICISM, AND RECOMMENCEMENT.1,657 words
  28. CHAPTER XII.: EVOLUTION AND DISSOLUTION.2,731 words
  29. CHAPTER XIII.: SIMPLE AND COMPOUND EVOLUTION.6,133 words
  30. CHAPTER XIV.: THE LAW OF EVOLUTION.6,946 words
  31. CHAPTER XV.: THE LAW OF EVOLUTION CONTINUED.10,182 words
  32. CHAPTER XVI.: THE LAW OF EVOLUTION CONTINUED.6,042 words
  33. CHAPTER XVII.: THE LAW OF EVOLUTION CONCLUDED.4,936 words
  34. CHAPTER XVIII.: THE INTERPRETATION OF EVOLUTION.1,047 words
  35. CHAPTER XIX.: THE INSTABILITY OF THE HOMOGENEOUS.∗9,794 words
  36. CHAPTER XX.: THE MULTIPLICATION OF EFFECTS.9,068 words
  37. CHAPTER XXI.: SEGREGATION.8,071 words
  38. CHAPTER XXII.: EQUILIBRATION.11,332 words
  39. CHAPTER XXIII.: DISSOLUTION.6,120 words
  40. CHAPTER XXIV.: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION.8,366 words
  41. About Liberty Fund328 words
  42. The Online Library of Liberty235 words
  43. Copyright Information531 words

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