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A selection from the essays in the first and second series of "Essays: scientific, political and speculative." London, 1858-63. ; The philosophy of style.--Over-legislation.--The morals of trade.--Personal beauty.--Representative government.--Prison-ethics.--Railway morals and railway policy.--Gracefulness.--State-tamperings with money and banks.--Parliamentary reform: the dangers and the safeguards. ; Mode of access: Internet.

First published in English periodicals, chiefly the quarterly reviews, and issued in London with several other papers, under the title of "Essays, scientific, political and speculative", first and second series, 1857-1863. cf. Pref. ; Progress: its law and cause.--Manners and fashion.--The genesis of science.--The physiology of laughter.--The origin and function of music.--The nebular hypothesis.--Bain on the emotions and the will.--Illogical geology.--The development hypothesis.--The social organism.--Use and beauty.--The sources of architectural types.--The use of anthropomorphism. ; Mode of access: Internet.

American notice of Spencer's system of philosophy is bound in. ; "Reprinted, chiefly from the Quarterly reviews." ; The nebular hypothesis -- Illogical geology -- The physiology of laughter -- Bain on the emotions and the will -- The social organism -- Representative government, what is it good for? -- Parliamentary reform -- Prison ethics -- State tamperings with money and banks -- The morals of trade. ; Mode of access: Internet.

"Reprinted, chiefly from the Quarterly reviews" ; Mode of access: Internet.

"Reprinted, chiefly from the Quarterly reviews" [between Jan. 1852 and Oct. 1857] ; Mode of access: Internet.

Extrait : 'La plupart de ceux qui passent à présent pour des libéraux, sont des torys d'un nouveau type. Voila le paradoxe que je me propose de justifier. Pour faire cette preuve, je suis obligé de montrer d'abord ce qu'étaient ces deux partis politiques à l'origine, et de prier ensuite le lecteur de m'excuser si je lui rappelle des faits qui lui sont familiers, ne pouvant autrement lui bien faire comprendre la nature intrinsèque du vrai torysme et du vrai libéralisme...'

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction to the Transaction Edition -- Author's Preface -- I. Conduct in General -- II. The Evolution of Conduct -- III. Good and Bad Conduct -- IV. Ways of Judging Conduct -- V. The Physical View -- VI. The Biological View -- VII. The Psychological View -- VIII. The Sociological View -- IX. Criticisms and Explanations -- X. The Relativity of Pains and Pleasures -- XI. Egoism versus Altruism -- XII. Altruism versus Egoism -- XIII. Trial and Compromise -- XIV. Conciliation -- XV. Absolute and Relative Ethics -- XVI. The Scope of Ethics

On spine: Synthetic philosophy. ; Includes bibliographical references (pages 668-686). ; Mode of access: Internet.

On spine: Synthetic philosophy. ; Bibliography: p. 762-770. ; Mode of access: Internet.