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In 1862, philosopher Herbert Spencer published this preamble to a planned series of publications on biology, psychology, sociology and morality. In it, he argues that religion and science can be reconciled in the underlying unity from which the visible complexity of the universe has evolved.
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Spencer touches reality,
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Expansive thought, driven by the engine of evolution, with fascinating insights and conclusions. This book examines the limitations and virtues of religion and science concurrently. Each contributes in their conclusions, with their interpretations, to what is reality. "What is" is the starting point. Likewise, Spencer combines the meaning of each to give understanding to which they aim. Terrific. ...Dave Mills
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1. WE too often forget that not only is there "a soul of goodness in things evil," but very generally also, a soul of truth in things erroneous. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
faint manifestations, ultimate scientific ideas, aggregative force, insensible motion, vivid order, gravitative force, more multiform, vivid manifestations, molar motion, faint order, alternative impossibilities, equatorial portion, incident forces, equilibrium mobile, greatest traction, indefinite consciousness, insensible movements, contained motion, compound evolution, diffused matter, moving equilibria, retained motion, sidereal system, increasing definiteness, transformation and equivalence Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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faint manifestations, ultimate scientific ideas, aggregative force, insensible motion, vivid order, gravitative force, more multiform, vivid manifestations, molar motion, faint order, alternative impossibilities, equatorial portion, incident forces, equilibrium mobile, greatest traction, indefinite consciousness, insensible movements, contained motion, compound evolution, diffused matter, moving equilibria, retained motion, sidereal system, increasing definiteness, transformation and equivalence Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- The Origin Of Species: 150th Anniversary Edition by Charles Darwin in Front Matter, and page 459
- The Principles of Biology (v. 1) by Herbert Spencer in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- Social Statics by Herbert Spencer in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- The Principles of Psychology Part One by Herbert Spencer in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin in Front Matter, and page 459
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- The theistic conception of the world : an essay in opposition to certain tendencies of modern thought. by Michigan Historical Reprint Series on 9 pages
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