CONTENTS. XV 



CHAPTER X. Of tJie Inverse Deductive, or Historical Method. 



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1. Distinction between the general Science of Society, and 



special sociological inquiries .... 506 



2. &quot;VVliat is meant by a State of Society ? . . 506 



3. The Progressiveness of Man and Society . . . 508 



4. The laws of the succession, of states of society can only 



be ascertained by the Inverse Deductive Method . 511 



5. Social Statics, or the science of the Coexistences of Social 



Phenomena . . . . .513 



6. Social Dynamics, or the science of the Successions of Social 



Phemomena .... . 521 



7. Outlines of the Historical Method . . . . 522 



8. Future prospects of Sociological Inquiry . . 525 



CHAPTER XI. Additional Elucidations oftlw Science of History. 



1. The subjection of historical facts to uniform laws is verified 



by statistics . . . . .529 



2. does not imply the insignificance of moral causes . 532 



3. nor the inefficacy of the characters of individuals and 



of the acts of governments .... 535 



4. The historical importance of eminent men and of the 



policy of governments illustrated . . . 539 



CHAPTER XII. Of tlw Logic of Practice, or Art ; including 

 Morality and Policy. 



1. Morality not a science, but an Art . 544 



2. Relation between rules of art and the theorems of the 



corresponding science . 544 



3. What is the proper function of rules of art ? . . 546 



4. Art cannot be Deductive . 548 



5. Every Art consists of truths of Science, arranged in the 



order suitable for some practical use . . 549 



6. Teleology, or the Doctrine of Ends 550 



7. Necessity of an ultimate standard, or first principle of 



Teleology . 



8. Conclusion 654 



