Principles of Western CivilisationMacmillan and Company, Limited, 1902 - 518 pages |
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... expression in the unhesitating assertion that , in the last resort , human conduct required no princi ple of support whatever but that of self - interest in society well understood . This was the assertion which , developed in the ...
... expression in the unhesitating assertion that , in the last resort , human conduct required no princi ple of support whatever but that of self - interest in society well understood . This was the assertion which , developed in the ...
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... expression in English thought in Mr. Herbert Spencer's philosophy . The principal concep- tion upon which the Darwinian hypothesis is based took shape in Darwin's mind after reading Malthus's Theory of Population , one of the most ...
... expression in English thought in Mr. Herbert Spencer's philosophy . The principal concep- tion upon which the Darwinian hypothesis is based took shape in Darwin's mind after reading Malthus's Theory of Population , one of the most ...
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... expression of all public purpose . In the second place , it was appar- ently largely due to the action of that section of the Chartists who , under the lead of Feargus O'Connor , resolutely and vehemently cut adrift from the middle ...
... expression of all public purpose . In the second place , it was appar- ently largely due to the action of that section of the Chartists who , under the lead of Feargus O'Connor , resolutely and vehemently cut adrift from the middle ...
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... expression , to wield only the weapon of the right to reduce profits , against the power of capital to refuse the right to live . It has been a struggle , therefore , in which society has found itself oppressed with the barbarous and ...
... expression , to wield only the weapon of the right to reduce profits , against the power of capital to refuse the right to live . It has been a struggle , therefore , in which society has found itself oppressed with the barbarous and ...
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... expressions of a single fact , namely , that as- cendency of the present in the economic process , which is the ... expression on the world- stage , it is the lurid and gigantic details of the same . principle that continue to hold ...
... expressions of a single fact , namely , that as- cendency of the present in the economic process , which is the ... expression on the world- stage , it is the lurid and gigantic details of the same . principle that continue to hold ...
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absolute amongst Ancestor Worship ancient civilisations ancient world antithesis ascendency become beginning cause century chap chapter characteristic Church civil competition conception conflict controlling Democracy destined doctrine economic process efficiency empire endeavour England epoch Ethics Europe evolutionary process evolutionist expression fact forces forms fundamental future gradually Greek hitherto human evolution human mind Ibid ideal ideas influence inherent interests J. S. Mill John Stuart Mill labour laissez-faire last resort limits of political Manchester school meaning ment military modern world moral movement Natural Selection organisation Origin of Species past perceived period phase phenomena philosophy political consciousness position present prevailing progress race reached realise regarded religion represented result Roman significance Sir Frederick Pollock slowly Social Democracy social evolution society spectacle Spencer spirit stage struggle subordination tendency tending theory throughout tion ultimate utilitarian W. J. Ashley Western history Western world whole