aPENGER8 SYSTEM OF PniLOSOPJIY, 



THE nilLOSOPIIY OF EVOLUTION. 



By HERBERT SPENCER. 



1 hlB proat flyptom offlclontinc thnnpht, Hir* mo-t orl;:lTml «n.1 Importflnt mr^- 

 t«l uiidortnking of tho npe, to which Mr. Spencer has devoted his IKc, Jb no\T nell 

 advnuccd, tho puhlishcd vohiiin-? boiiip: Firnt IHndplef, The Princfj>Uj of Hi- 

 olorrj, two vohiracs, and The Principles qf Psychology, toI. 1., which will bo 

 ehortiy printed. 



Tills philosophical system dlfTcrs from ail Its prcdcccs«ors In being sniidly 

 bapcd on the sciences of observation and Induction ; In reprenentinp the ortl<^r 

 and course of Nafnre; In bringing Nature and man, life, mind, and inclely. nnder 

 one great law of action ; and in developing a metho<l of thonglit wliirh ni.iy sorre 

 for practical guidance In dealing willi the alTalrs of life. That Mr. Spencer Is the 

 man for this great work will bo evident from the following et.Mlemcnts: 



"The only complete and systematic statement of the doctrine of Erolntlon 

 with which I am acquainted Is that contained In Mr. Herbert Spencer's 'System 

 of PliUoeophy ; ' a work which should be carefully studied by all who desire to 

 know whither sclentitlc thought is tending."— T. II. Hu.\lkt. 



•• Of all onr thinkers, he Is the one who has fonncd to himself the largest new 

 BChemc of a systematic philosophy." — Prof. Masson. 



"If any individual Influence Is visibly encroaching on Mills In this country. It 

 IB his."— /Wc?. 



"Mr. Spencer is one of the most vigorooB as well as boldest 'ULkcra that 

 English speculation has yet produced." — .Toitn Stuakt Mill. 

 " One of the acutest mctnphysicians of modern times." — [bid. 



" One of our deepest thinkers." — Dr. Joseph D. IIookeh. 



It is qnc!'tionablo If any thinker of finer calibre has appear'rl J,i onr coun- 

 try. "—QEonaR IIen-rt Lewes. 



"He alone, of all British thinkers, has organized a philosophy."— y7><(/. 



" lie Is as keen an analyst as is known In the history of plillot.oi<l.T ; I do not 

 except cither Aristotle or Kant."— Georok Riplet. 



"If we were lo glvo onr own Judgment, wo should say that, since Newton, 

 thero has not In England been a philosopher of more remarkable spo^ulAtlve and 

 lystcmatizing talent tlian (in spite of some errors and some narrowness) Mr. Her- 

 bert Spencer."— Zoncfon Saturday Review. 



" We cannot refrain from offering onr tribute of respect to one who, whether 

 for the extent of his positive knowledge, or for the profiindify of his spcculmlT* 

 Insight, has already achieved a name second to none In the whole rnngt of K^s^ 

 llsh philosophy, and who=e works will worthily su'taln the crc<lll of Engllsk 

 IbouKbt in tho present generation."— WettuiitvUr Jifvifte. 



