1 blank leaf + half title + TP + [v]-x = Preface + [xi]-xii = Contents + half title + 1-503 + 1 blank leaf. Octavo. First Edition. The 1st Book of Spencer's Projected 10-Volume Work: Synthetic PhilosophyHerbert Spencer (1820-1903) was an English philosopher who, together with Charles Darwin and Thomas Huxley, was responsible for the acceptance of the theory of evolution. First Principles is the groundwork for Spencer's broader Synthetic Philosophy, where he aims to synthesize knowledge across different fields (biology, psychology, sociology, etc.) into a unified framework based on evolutionary principles.This projected 10-volume work, Synthetic Philosophy, interpreted all phenomena according to the principle of evolutionary progress. In First Principles, the first of the projected volumes, Spencer distinguished phenomena from what he called the unknowable - an incomprehensible power or force from which everything derives. He thus limited knowledge to phenomena, i.e., the manifestations of the unknowable which he maintained proceed from their unknowable source according to a process of evolution.Spencer's First Principles played a significant role in the development of social theory and influenced various fields, although many of his specific ideas have been criticized or refined over time. His work remains a landmark in the application of evolutionary theory beyond the biological sciences. An elegant contemporary custom binding red � leather with gilt lines and decorations to both covers and gilt decorations, title and author to the spine. There are liberal pencil marginalia throughout the first chapter in an elegant small hand with only occasional vertical pencil marks in the margins thereafter. Overall, a very pretty copy of this foundational work by one of the most influential thinkers of the late 19th century. ADDITIONAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.

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First Principles.

Publisher

Willams and Norgate, London

Publication Date

1862

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Hardcover

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FIRST EDITION.

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