INDEX. 



ABSOLUTE, the, i. 9, 14 ; ii. 412. 

 Absolute Existei-ce, what is meant \v it, 



i. 87—91. 

 Absolute truth, no criterion of, i. 11, 70. 

 Abstract and concrete sciences distin- 

 guished by Comte, i. 189, 211 

 Abstract sciences cannot furnish a pri- 

 mordial principle on which to b\iild a 



philosophy, i. 268. 

 Abstract-concrete sciences, i. 215, 218, 



269. 

 Abstractness not the same as generality, 



i. 214, 

 Actinism as a mode of motion, i. 292. 

 Adam, William, ii. 193, 336. 

 Adaptation, direct, ii. 56. 

 Adjustment, ii. 64. 

 Adoption, legal fiction of, ii. 216. 

 Agassiz, Louis, i. 449 ; ii. 382. 

 Agreement, method of, i. 241. 

 Alcohol retards waste, i. 334. 

 Alexander's campaigns, their civilizing 



influence, ii. 215. 

 Altruism and egoism, ii. 202, 207. 

 Amphioxus and ascidian, i. 450. 

 Analytical truths cannot m.ike up a body 



of philosophy, j. 314. 

 Ancestors, worship of, ii. 349. 

 A.ncient societies simulating societies of 



modern type, ii. 248. 

 Animals, how classified, i. 448 ; dependent 



on solar radiation, i. 410. 

 Anstie on Stimulants and Narcotics, i. 197. 

 Antelopes as illustrating use and disuse, 



ii. 17. 

 ALthropomorphism contrasted with Cos- 



mism, i. 182 ; can never be wholly got 



rid oi; i. 183 ; ii. 449. 

 Anticipation of future contingencica, ii. 



92, 247, 303. 



Antipodes, how far incouceiyable by the 

 ancients, i. 64. 



Antiquity of man, immense significance 

 of, ii. 320. 



Apes, brain of, ii. 133. 



Arabian conquests, their civilizing in. 

 fluence, ii. 215. 



Archseus, theory of, i. 197, 419. 



Archebiosis, i. 243, 425 ; difficulty of the 

 question, i. 427. 



Archimedes, i 201, 209, 253. 



Argyll, Duke of, i. 20 ; ii. 264, 317. 



Aristfeus and his bees, i. 418. 



Aristotle, i. 126, 224. 



Arnold, Matthew, ii. 452, 463. 



Articulata, origin of the type, i. 345. 



Aryan languages, i. 443. 



Aryan race, i. 448. 



Ascidian and amphioxus, i. 450. 



Association of ideas, ii. 139, 147. 



Asteroids, origin of, i. 369 ; their planes 

 of revolution not yet accounted for, i. 

 372. 



Astrogeny, i. 220. 



Astronomy, a deductive science, i. 113 ; 

 when constituted as a science, i. 197, 

 199, 201 ; scope of, i. 202, 220 ; a con- 

 crete science, i. 214 ; observation in, 

 i. 243. 



Atheism, i. 7 ; ludicrously treated b} 

 (Jomte, i. 262. 



Athens, its importance in history, ii 262. 



Atoms, constitution of, i. 4. 



Attitude of philosophy, i. 259 ; ii. 473. 



Attraction and repulsion, i. 5, 290. 



Australians have no words for justice 

 etc., ii. 289. 



Automatic ncivous action, ii. 156. 



Autononiism, ii. 205. 



Axioms, i. 03. 



