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Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative; Vol. 2 of 3 Library Edition (1891), Containing Seven Essays not before Republished, and Various other Additions.

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Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative; Vol. 2 of 3 Library Edition (1891), Containing Seven Essays not before Republished, and Various other Additions.

by Herbert Spencer

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18 total

ESSAYS: SCIENTIFIC, POLITICAL, & SPECULATIVE.

0:56

THE GENESIS OF SCIENCE.

2:34:03

THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE SCIENCES.

1:41:46

REASONS FOR DISSENTING FROM THE PHILOSOPHY OF M. COMTE.

1:02:31

ON LAWS IN GENERAL, AND THE ORDER OF THEIR DISCOVERY.

31:34

THE VALUATION OF EVIDENCE.

13:04

WHAT IS ELECTRICITY?

40:50

MILL versus HAMILTON—THE TEST OF TRUTH.

1:01:37

REPLIES TO CRITICISMS.

3:42:35

PROF. GREEN’S EXPLANATIONS.

25:20

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Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative; Vol. 2 of 3 Library Edition (1891), Containing Seven Essays not before Republished, and Various other Additions. Library Edition (1891), Containing Seven Essays not before Republished, and Various other Additions.

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2016-10-29

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Science Philosophy Political science B

About the author

Herbert Spencer

1820–1903

Best known for coining the phrase "survival of the fittest," this Victorian thinker tried to explain everything from biology to society through one sweeping idea of evolution. His books made him one of the most widely read intellectuals of the 19th century, even as many of his ideas later became hotly debated.

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