Produced by David Widger
INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG
WORKS OF
HERBERT SPENCER
Compiled by David Widger
CONTENTS
ESSAYS ON EDUCATION AND KINDRED SUBJECTS
## ESSAYS SCIENTIFIC, POLITICAL, & SPECULATIVE, Vol. I
## ESSAYS SCIENTIFIC, POLITICAL, & SPECULATIVE, Vol. II
## ESSAYS SCIENTIFIC, POLITICAL, & SPECULATIVE, Vol. III
THE RIGHT TO IGNORE THE STATE
## ILLUSTRATIONS OF UNIVERSAL PROGRESS
## THE DATA OF ETHICS
THE FACTORS OF ORGANIC EVOLUTION
## THE PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY, Vol. 1 (of 2)
## FIRST PRINCIPLES
TABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES
THE PHILOSOPHY OF STYLE.
By Herbert Spencer
CONTENTS
PART I. CAUSES OF FORCE IN LANGUAGE WHICH DEPEND UPON ECONOMY OF THE MENTAL ENERGIES
i. The Principle of Economy
ii. Economy in the Use of Words
iii. The Principle of Economy applied to Sentences
iv. The Principle of Economy applied to Figures
v. Suggestion as a Means of Economy
vi. The Effect of Poetry explained
PART II. CAUSES OF FORCE IN LANGUAGE WHICH DEPEND UPON ECONOMY OF THE MENTAL SENSIBILITIES
i. The Law of Mental Exhaustion and Repair
ii. Explanation of Climax, Antithesis, and Anticlimax
iii. Need of Variety
iv. The Ideal Writer
ESSAYS: SCIENTIFIC, POLITICAL, & SPECULATIVE.
VOL. I.
By Herbert Spencer
CONTENTS OF VOL. I.
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THE DEVELOPMENT HYPOTHESIS 1
PROGRESS: ITS LAW AND CAUSE 8
TRANSCENDENTAL PHYSIOLOGY 63
THE NEBULAR HYPOTHESIS 108
ILLOGICAL GEOLOGY 192
BAIN ON THE EMOTIONS AND THE WILL 241
THE SOCIAL ORGANISM 265
THE ORIGIN OF ANIMAL WORSHIP 308
MORALS AND MORAL SENTIMENTS 331
THE COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY OF MAN 351
MR. MARTINEAU ON EVOLUTION 371
THE FACTORS OF ORGANIC EVOLUTION 389
ESSAYS: SCIENTIFIC, POLITICAL, & SPECULATIVE
VOL. II.
By Herbert Spencer
CONTENTS OF VOL. II.
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THE GENESIS OF SCIENCE 1
THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE SCIENCES 74
REASONS FOR DISSENTING FROM THE PHILOSOPHY OF M. COMTE 118
ON LAWS IN GENERAL, AND THE ORDER OF THEIR DISCOVERY 145
THE VALUATION OF EVIDENCE 161
WHAT IS ELECTRICITY? 168
MILL versus HAMILTON-THE TEST OF TRUTH 188
REPLIES TO CRITICISMS 218
PROF. GREEN'S EXPLANATIONS 321
THE PHILOSOPHY OF STYLE 333
USE AND BEAUTY 370
THE SOURCES OF ARCHITECTURAL TYPES 375
GRACEFULNESS 381
PERSONAL BEAUTY 387
THE ORIGIN AND FUNCTION OF MUSIC 400
THE PHYSIOLOGY OF LAUGHTER 452
ESSAYS: SCIENTIFIC, POLITICAL, & SPECULATIVE
VOL. III.
By Herbert Spencer
CONTENTS OF VOL. III
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MANNERS AND FASHION 1
RAILWAY MORALS AND RAILWAY POLICY 52
THE MORALS OF TRADE 113
PRISON-ETHICS 152
THE ETHICS OF KANT 192
ABSOLUTE POLITICAL ETHICS 217
OVER-LEGISLATION 229
REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT-WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? 283
STATE-TAMPERINGS WITH MONEY AND BANKS 326
PARLIAMENTARY REFORM: THE DANGERS AND THE SAFEGUARDS 358
"THE COLLECTIVE WISDOM" 387
POLITICAL FETICHISM 393
SPECIALIZED ADMINISTRATION 401
FROM FREEDOM TO BONDAGE 445
THE AMERICANS 471
THE INDEX.
ILLUSTRATIONS OF UNIVERSAL PROGRESS
A Series of Discussions
By Herbert Spencer
CONTENTS.
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I. Progress: Its Law and Cause, 1
II. Manners and Fashion, 61
III. The Genesis of Science, 116
IV. The Physiology of Laughter, 194
V. The Origin and Function of Music, 210
VI. The Nebular Hypothesis, 239
VII. Bain on the Emotions and the Will, 300
VIII. Illogical Geology, 325
IX. The Development Hypothesis, 377
X. The Social Organism, 384
XI. Use and Beauty, 429
XII. The Sources of Architectural Types, 434
XIII. The Use of Anthropomorphism, 440
THE DATA OF ETHICS
By Herbert Spencer
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I.
Conduct in General 1