Free Notes on Herbert Spencer's First Principles with suggestions regarding Space, Time, and Force …. Also, Theories of Life; being a summary of recent discussions thereon, including the questions of the origin of species and of intelligence. Edinburgh: Edinburgh Publishing Company/London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co. 1878.

SPENCER, Herbert

Publication Date: 1878

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[iv], 90 pp. Original printed wrappers, a little browned at edges, worn on spine. Ex library copy with ink stamp to title-page, and manuscript note to top of front wrapper. First edition. Spencer's 'First Principles' was published in 1862, in which he argued that all phenomena could be explained in terms of a lengthy process of evolution in things. This 'principle of continuity' was that homogeneous organisms are unstable, that organisms develop from simple to more complex and heterogeneous forms, and that such evolution constituted a norm of progress. This account of evolution provided a complete and 'predetermined' structure for the kind of variation noted by Darwin--and Darwin's respect for Spencer was significant.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Free Notes on Herbert Spencer's First Principles with suggestions regarding Space, Time, and Force …. Also, Theories of Life; being a summary of recent discussions thereon, including the questions of the origin of species and of intelligence. Edinburgh: Edinburgh Publishing Company/London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co. 1878.
• Publication Date: 1878
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Good