Wot fa of Herbert Spencer published by D. Appleton & Co. 

 A NEW SYSTEM OF PHILOSOPHY. 



FIRST PRINCIPLES. 



** Vol. Large 12mo. 515 Pages. Price $2 00. 



CONTENTS : 

 PART FIRST. The Unknowable. 



ouaptei i. Eeligion and Science; II. Ultimate Religious Ideas; III. 

 Ultimate Scientific Ideas; IV. The Relativity of all Knowledge; V. The 

 Reconciliation. 



PART SECOND. Laws of the Knowable. 



I. Laws in General; II. The Law of Evolution; III. The same con 

 tinued ; IV. The Causes of Evolution ; V. Space, Time, Matter, Motion, and 

 Force; YI. The Indestructibility of Matter ; VII. The Continuity of Motion ; 

 Vlll. The Persistence of Force ; IX. The Correlation and Equivalence of 

 Forces; X. The Direction of Motion ; XI. The Rhythm of Motion; XII. The 

 Conditions Essential to Evolution ; XIII. The Instability of the Homoge 

 neous ; XIV. The Multiplication of Effects ; XV. Differentiation and Inte 

 gration ; XVI. Equilibration ; XVII. Summary and Conclusion. 



In the first part of this work Mr. Spencer defines the province, limits, and 

 relations of religion and science, and determines the legitimate scope of 

 philosophy. 



In part second he unfolds those fundamental principles which have been 

 arrived at within the sphere of the knowable ; which are true of all orders 

 of phenonema, and thus constitute the foundation of all philosophy. The 

 law of &quot;Evolution, Mr. Spencer maintains to be universal, and he has here 

 worked it out as the basis of his system. 



These First Principles are the foundation of a system of Philosophy 

 bolder, more elaborate, and comprehensive perhaps, than any other which 

 nas been hitherto designed in England. British Quarterly Review. 



A work lofty in aim and remarkable in execution. Cornhill Magazine. 



In the works of Herbert Spencer we have the rudiments of a positive 

 Theology, and an immense step toward the perfection of the science of Psy 

 chology. Christian Examiner. 



If we mistake not, in spite of the very negative character of his own re 

 sults, he has foreshadowed some strong arguments for tke doctrine of a post 

 tive Christian Theology. New Englander. 



As far as the frontiers of knowledge, where the intellect may go, there if 

 no Jiving man whose guidance may more safely be trusted. Atlanfa 

 Monthly. 



