INDEX 



Absolute existence, i. 127-133. See 



God. 

 Absolute, nature of the, i. 12, 19, 



4- 233. 



Absolute truth, no criterion of, I. 

 15, 102. 



Abstract sciences, a. 4, 43, 50. 



Abstract-concrete sciences, 2. 44,48, 

 50. 



Actinism as a mode of motion, 2. 

 157. 



Adam, William, on progress, 3. 

 2845 cause and effect, 4. 194. 



Adaptation, direct, 3. 81, 83, 95, 

 122; workings of, 84-88; and 

 natural selection, 88, 92 ; and so- 

 cial evolution, 296, 311. 



Adjustment, direct and indirect, Ixiv, 

 3. 72-96 ; Spencer on, 81 n., 

 97; life as, 97-105, 122; per- 

 fect, xcviii, 4. 218 ; religion as, 

 xcviii, 4. 291-320. 



-/^nesidemus, I. 33 n. 



Agassiz, Louis, and the doctrine of 

 evolution, Ixii ; classification of 

 species, 2. 387, 395, 3. 247; 

 and argument from design, 4. 

 187. 



Aggregation and diffusion, 2. 192, 

 197. 



Agreement, Mill's method of, 2. 

 82. 



Albumen, composition of, 2. 214. 



Alcohol, misuse of, 4. 122 n. 



Algebra, illustration drawn from, 3. 



H7- 

 Altruism, chief factor in social pro- 

 gress, 3. 295, 298 ; development 

 of, 299-305. 



375 



Ampere, A. M., magnetic action, 



2. 31. 

 Analytical truths cannot make up a 



body of philosophy, 2. 1 89. 

 Anarchy, 4. 338. 

 Anatomy, 2. 53. 

 Animals, their dependence on solar 



energy, 2. 331. 

 Animism, Spencer on, cxlii. 

 Annulose animals, Spencer on, 2. 



232. 

 Anstie, F. E., 2. 17. 

 Antelopes, illustrating use and disuse, 



3- ^3- 



Anthropomorphic theism, xiii, xc, 

 4. 186-230 ; contrasted with cos- 

 mic theism, i. 269, 4. 193, 21 1, 

 257 ; and an infinite God, 227. 



Anthropomorphism, and cosmism, 

 lii, I. 239—277 ; and final cause, 

 1. 230, 271 ; must have a place 

 in theism, 4. 288. 



Antiquity of man, iv, 61, 98. 



Ape, as man's ancestor, 3. 61, 4. 

 47, 61, 93, 99 n. 



Archaeus, 2. 344. 



Archebiosis, 2. 352-360. 



Archimedes, I. 52, 2. 35. 



Argyll, Duke of, I. 29 n., 4. 16, 94. 



Aristaeus and his bees, 2. 342. 



Aristotle, i. 185. 



Arnold, Matthew, iv, 291, 308. 



Aryans, language, 2. 379 J mental 

 plasticity, 4. 32, 38. 



Ascidian and amphioxus, 2. 390. 



Association of ideas, 3, 204, 215. 



Asteroids, Fiske's theory of their 

 origin, Ivii, i. 266-276. 



Astrogeny, 2. 50-52. 



