ABSTRACT
Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) was regarded by the Victorians as the foremost philosopher of the age, the prophet of evolution at a time when the idea had gripped the popular imagination. Until recently Spencer's posthumous reputation rested almost excusively on his social and political thought, which has itself frequently been subject to serious misrepresentation. But historians of ideas now recognise that an acquaintance with Spencer's thought is essential for the proper understanding of many aspects of Victorian intellectual life, and the present selection is designed to answer this need. It provides a cross-section of Spencer's works from his more popular and approachable essays to a number of the volumes of the Synthetic Philosophy itself. Volume IV: The Principles of Psychology.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|68 pages
General Analysis.
part II|267 pages
Special Analysis.
chapter Chapter X|18 pages
The Perception of Body as Presenting Dynamical, Statico-Dynamical, and Statical Attributes.*
chapter Chapter XI|10 pages
The Perception of Body as Presenting Statico-Dynamical and Statical Attributes.
part III|151 pages
General Synthesis.
part IV|132 pages
Special Synthesis.