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Vol. II. 



PART VI. ECCLESIASTIC INSTITUTIONS. $1.25. 

 CONTENTS. 



1. The Religious Idea. 10. The Military Functions of 



2. Medicine-Men and Priests. Priests. 



8. Priestly Duties of Descendants. 11. The Civil Functions of Priests. 



4. Eldest Male Descendants as 12. Church and State. 



Quasi-Priests. 13. Nonconformity. 



6. The Ruler as Priest. 14. The Moral Influences of Pricst- 



6. The Rise of a Priesthood. hoods. 



7. Polytheistic and Monotheistic 15. Ecclesiastical Retrospect and 



Priesthoods. Prospect. 



8. Ecclesiastical Hierarchies. 16. Religious Retrospect and Pros- 

 tt. An Ecclesiastical System as a pect. 



Social Bond. 



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THE PRINCIPLES OF MORALITY. 

 Vol. I. 



PART I. THE DATA OF ETHICS. $1.25. 

 CONTENTS. 



1. Conduct in general. 10. The Relativity of Pains and 



2. The Evolution of Conduct. Pleasures. 



8. Good and Bad Conduct. 11. Egoism versus Altruism. 



4. Ways of judging Conduct. 12. Altruism versus Egoism. 



5. The Physical View. 13. Trial and Compromise. 



6. The Biological View. 14. Conciliation. 



7. The Psychological View. 15. Absolute Ethics and Relative 



8. The Sociological View. Ethics. 



9. Criticisms and Explanations. 16. The Scope of Ethics. 



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