First Principles · Herbert Spencer
Chapter 1
AUTHOR OF “SOCIAL STATICS,” “THE PRINCIPLES OF PSYCHOLOGY,” “ESSAYS: SCIENTIFIC, POLITICAL, AND SPECULATIVE,” “EDUCATION,” ETC. LONDON: WILLIAMS AND NORGATE, 14, HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN. 1863. _The Right of Translation is reserved._ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This volume is the first of a series described in a prospectus originally distributed in March, 1860. Of that prospectus, the annexed is a reprint. Mr. Herbert Spencer proposes to issue in periodical parts a connected series of works which he has for several years been preparing. Some conception of the general aim and scope of this series may be gathered from the following Programme.
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