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Part Ii.—Laws of the Knowable.

First Principles · Herbert Spencer — chapter 7 of 29 · ~103 words · public domain

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I.— LAWS IN GENERAL 127

II.— THE LAW OF EVOLUTION 146

III.— THE LAW OF EVOLUTION (CONTINUED) 175

IV.— THE CAUSES OF EVOLUTION 219

V.— SPACE, TIME, MATTER, MOTION, AND FORCE 224

VI.— THE INDESTRUCTIBILITY OF MATTER 238

VII.— THE CONTINUITY OF MOTION 246

VIII.— THE PERSISTENCE OF FORCE 251

IX.— THE CORRELATION AND EQUIVALENCE OF FORCES 259

X.— THE DIRECTION OF MOTION 286

XI.— THE RHYTHM OF MOTION 313

XII.— THE CONDITIONS ESSENTIAL TO EVOLUTION 335

XIII.— THE INSTABILITY OF THE HOMOGENEOUS 358

XIV.— THE MULTIPLICATION OF EFFECTS 388

XV.— DIFFERENTIATION AND INTEGRATION 416

VI.— EQUILIBRATION 440

XVII.— SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION 487

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