Chapter 11 of 43 · First Principles (2nd edition, 1867) by Herbert Spencer

CONTENTS.

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PART I.—THE UNKNOWABLE.
- I.—RELIGION AND SCIENCE 3
- II.—ULTIMATE RELIGIOUS IDEAS 25
- III.—ULTIMATE SCIENTIFIC IDEAS .. 47
- IV.—THE RELATIVITY OF ALL KNOWLEDGE .. .. 68
- V.—THE RECONCILIATION .. .. . 98
PART II.—THE KNOWABLE.
- I.—PHILOSOPHY DEFINED .. . 127
- II.—THE DATA OF PHILOSOPHY .. . 135
- III.—SPACE, TIME, MATTER, MOTION, AND FORCE .. . 158
- IV.—THE INDESTRUCTIBILITY OF MATTER .. .. . 172
- V.—THE CONTINUITY OF MOTION .. .. .. .. . 180
- VI.—THE PERSISTENCE OF FORCE .. .. .. .. . 185
- VII.—THE PERSISTENCE OF RELATIONS AMONG FORCES .. . 193
- VIII.—THE TRANSFORMATION AND EQUIVALENCE OF FORCES 197
- IX.—THE DIRECTION OF MOTION .. .. .. .. . 222
- X.—THE RHYTHM OF MOTION .. .. .. .. .. .. 250
- XI.—RECAPITULATION, CRITICISM, AND RECOMMENCEMENT 272
- XII.—EVOLUTION AND DISSOLUTION .. .. .. .. . 278

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- XIII.—SIMPLE AND COMPOUND EVOLUTION .. 287
- XIV.—THE LAW OF EVOLUTION .. .. . 307
- XV.—THE LAW OF EVOLUTION CONTINUED .. .. 329
- XVI.—THE LAW OF EVOLUTION CONTINUED 361
- XVII.—THE LAW OF EVOLUTION CONCLUDED 381
- XVIII.—THE INTERPRETATION OF EVOLUTION 397
- XIX.—THE INSTABILITY OF THE HOMOGENEOUS .. .. . 401
- XX.—THE MULTIPLICATION OF EFFECTS .. .. .. .. 431
- XXI.—SEGREGATION .. .. .. .. 459
- XXII.—EQUILIBRATION .. .. 483
- XXIII.—DISSOLUTION .. .. . 518
- XXIV.—SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION .. .. .. . 538

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