First Principles (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

by Herbert Spencer

Overview

 One of the author’s many treatises on the foundations of knowledge, this collection focuses on science. Part One, “The Unknowable,” discusses ultimate religious and scientific theories which Spencer sees as unknowable. Part Two, “The Knowable,” explains data; concepts such as motion, forces, and evolution; segregation; equilibrium; and dissolution—in other words, concepts that are provable and knowable.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781411461147
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble
Publication date:	08/23/2011
Series:	Barnes & Noble Digital Library
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	228
Sales rank:	887,934
Lexile:	1310L (what's this?)
File size:	577 KB
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

Herbert Spencer (1820–1903) was an English philosopher and theorist. He applied the doctrine of evolution to sociology and coined the term “survival of the fittest.” Though his work eventually fell out of favor, his writings have since gained renewed recognition from libertarian thinkers, who support his beliefs about the function of government and the nature of individual rights. Spencer was nominated for the Nobel Prize for literature in 1902.