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THE PHILOSOPHY OF EVOLUTION.

By HERBERT SPENCER.

This great system of scientific thought, the most original and important menl undertaking of the age, to which Mr. Spencer has devoted his life, is now well advanced, the published volumes being: First Principles, The Principles of Biclogy, two volumes, and The Principles of Psychology, vol. i., which will be shortly printed.

This philosophical system differs from all its predecessors in being solidly based on the sciences of observation and induction; in representing the order and course of Nature; in bringing Nature and man, life, mind, and society, under one great law of action; and in developing a method of thought which may serve for practical guidance in dealing with the affairs of life. That Mr. Spencer is the man for this great work will be evident from the following statements:

"The only complete and systematic statement of the doctrine of Evolution with which I am acquainted is that contained in Mr. Herbert Spencer's 'System of Philosophy; a work which should be carefully studied by all who desire to know whither scientific thought is tending.”—T. H. HUXLEY.

"Of all our thinkers, he is the one who has formed to himself the largest new scheme of a systematic philosophy."-Prof. MASSON.

"If any individual influence is visibly encroaching on Mills in this country, it is his."—Ibid.

"Mr. Spencer is one of the most vigorous as well as boldest thinkers that English speculation has yet produced."-JOHN STUART MILL.

"One of the acutest metaphysicians of modern times."-Ibid.

"One of our deepest thinkers."-Dr. JOSEPH D. HOOKER.

It is questionable if any thinker of finer calibre has appeared in our country.”—GEORGE HENRY LEWES.

"He alone, of all British thinkers, has organized a philosophy."-Ibid.

"He is as keen an analyst as is known in the history of philosophy; I do not except either Aristotle or Kant."-GEORGE RIPLEY.

"If we were to give our own judgment, we should say that, since Newton, there has not in England been a philosopher of more remarkable speculative and systematizing talent than (in spite of some errors and some narrowness) Mr. Hercert Spencer."—London Saturday Review.

We cannot refrain from offering our tribute of respect to one who, whether for the extent of his positive knowledge, or for the profundity of his speculative insight, has already achieved a name second to none in the whole range of English philosophy, and whose works will worthily sustain the credit of English thought in the present generation."- Westminster Review.

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The Philosophy of Herbert Spencer.

FIRST PRINCIPLES;

IN TWO PARTS:

L THE UNKNOWABLE. II LAWS OF THE KNOWABLE.

In one Volume. 518 pages.

"Mr. Spencer has earned an eminent and commanding position as a metaphysician, and his ability, earnestness, and profundity, are in none of his former volumes so conspicuous as in this. There is not a crude thought, a flippant fling, or an irreverent insinaation in this book, notwithstanding that it has something of the character of a daring and determined raid upon the old philosophies."-Chicago Journal.

"This volume, treating of First Principles, like all Mr. Spencer's writings that have fallen under our observation, is distinguished for clearness, earnestness, candor, and that originality and fearlessness which ever mark the true philosophical spirit. His treatment of theological opinions is reverent and respectful, and his suggestions and arguments are such as to deserve, as they will compel, the earnest attention of all thoughtful students of first truths. Agreeing with Hamilton and Mansel in the general, on the unknowableness of the unconditioned, he nevertheless holds that their being is in a form asserted by consciousness.”—Christian Advocate.

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"The literary world has seen but few such authors as Herbert Spencer. There have been metaphysical writers in the same exalted sphere who before him have attempted to reduce the laws of nature to a rational system. But in the highest realm of philosophical investigation he stands head and shoulders above his predecessors; not perhaps purely by force of superior intellect, but partly owing to the greater aid which the light of modern science has afforded him in the prosecution of his difficult task."— Boston Bulletin.

"Mr. Spencer is achieving an enviable distinction by his contributions to the country's literature; his system of philosophy is destined to become a work of no small renown. Its appearance at this time is an evidence that our people are not all absorbed in war and its tragic events."-Ohio State Journal.

"Mr. Spencer's works will undoubtedly receive in this country the attention they erit. There is a broad liberality of tone throughout which will recommend them to thinking, inquiring Americans. Whether, as is asserted, he has established a new system of philosophy, and if so, whether that system is better than all other systems, is yet to be decided; but that his bold and vigorous thought will add something valuable end permanent to human knowledge is undeniable."-Utica Herald.

Herbert Spencer is the foremost among living thinkers. If less erudite than Hamilton, he is quite as original, and is more comprehensive and catholic than Max #ol."-- Universalisi.

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SOCIAL STATICS;

OR,

THE CONDITIONS ESSENTIAL TO HUMAN HAPPINESS SPECI FIED, AND THE FIRST OF THEM DEVELOPED.

BY HERBERT SPENCER.

OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

Mr. Spencer, in his able and logical work on "Social Statics"... . Edinburgh Review.

It deserves very high praise for the ability, clearness, and force with which it is written, and which entitle it to the character, now so rare, of a really substantial book.-North British Review.

A remarkable work. Mr. Spencer exhibits, and exhibits with remarkable force and clearness, many social equalizations of a just and right species which remain yet to be effected.-British Quarterly Review.

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An inquiry conducted throughout with clearness, good temper, and strict logic. We shall be mistaken if this book do not assist in organising that huge mass of thought which, for want of a more specific name, is now called Liberal Opinion.-Athenæum.

It is the most eloquent, the most interesting, the most clearly-expressed and logically-reasoned work, with views the most original, that has appeared in the science of social polity.—Literary Gazette.

The author of the present work is no ordinary thinker, and no ordinary writer; and he gives us, in language that sparkles with beauties, and in reasoning at once novel and elaborate, precise and logical, a very comprehensive and complete exposition of the rights of men in society. The book will

mark an epoch in the literature of scientific morality.-Economist. We remember no work on ethics since that of Spinoza to be compared with it in the simplicity of its premises, and the logical rigour with which a complete system of scientific ethics is evolved from them. A work at once so scientific in spirit and method, and so popular in execution, we shall look in vain for through libraries of political philosophy.-Leader.

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The careful reading we have given it has both afforded us intense pleasure, and rendered it a duty to express, with unusual emphasis, our opinion of its great ability and excellence.-Nonconformist.

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THE CONDITIONS ESSENTIAL TO HUMAN HAPPINESS SPECIFIED, AND THE FIRST OF THEM

DEVELOPED.

In one Volume. Large 12mo.

All these works are rich in materials for forming intelligent opinions, even where we are unable to agree with those put forth by the author. Much may be learned from them in departments in which our common Educational system is very deficient. The active citizen may derive from them accurate systematized information concerning his highest duties to society, and the principles on which they are based. He may gain clearer notions of the value and bearing of evidence, and be better able to distinguish between facts and inferences. He may find common things suggestive of wiser thought --Day, we will venture to say of truer emotion-than before. By giving us fuller realimations of liberty and justice his writings will tend to increase our self-reliance in the great emergency of civilization to which we have been summoned.-Atlantic Monthly

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The Philosophy of Herbert Spencer.

THE

PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY

Vol. I. 475 pages. (Now in press.)

CONTENTS:

PART I-THE DATA OF BIOLOGY.

L. Organic Matter.-II. The actions of Forces on Organic Matter.-III. The re-actions of Organic Matter on Forces.--IV. Proximate Definition of Life.-V. The Correspondence between Life and its Circumstances.-VI. The Degree of Life varies as the Degree of Correspondence....-VII. The Scope of Biology.

PART II.-THE INDUCTIONS OF BIOLOGY.

I. Growth.-II. Development.-III. Function.-IV. Waste and Repair.V. Adaptation.—VI. Individuality.—VII. Genesis.—VIII. Heredity.—IX. Variation.-X. Genesis, Heredity, and Variation-XI. Classification.-XII. Distribution.

PART III.-THE EVOLUTION OF LIFE.

L Preliminary.—II. General Aspects of the Special-creation-hypothesis.— III. General Aspects of the Evolution-hypothesis.-IV. The Arguments from Classification.-V. The Arguments from Embryology.-VI. The Arguments from Morphology.-VII. The Arguments from Distribution. --VIII. How is Organic Evolution caused ?-IX. External Factors.X. Internal Factors.-XI. Direct Equilibration.--XII. Indirect Equili bration.-XIII. The Coöperation of the Factors.-XIV. The Converg ence of the Evidences.

All these works are rich in materials for forming intelligent opinions, even where we are unable to agree with those put forth by the author. Much may be learned from hem in departments in which our common Educational system is very deficient. The active citizen may derive from them accurate systematized information concerning his highest duties to society, and the principles on which they are based. He may gain clearer notions of the value and bearing of evidence, and be better able to distinguish between facts and inferences. He may find common things suggestive of wiser thought -nay, we will venture to say of truer emotion-than before. By giving us fuller realizations of liberty and justice his writings will tend to increase our self-reliance in the great emergency of civilization to which we have been summoned.- Atlantic Monthly

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