PRINCIPLES OF WESTERN

CIVILISATION

BEING THe first VOLUME OF A SYSTEM
OF EVOLUTIONARY PHILOSOPHY

CIVILISATION

BY

BENJAMIN KIDD

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AUTHOR OF "SOCIAL EVOLUTION," THE CONTROL OF THE
TROPICS," ETC.

New York

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD.

1902

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THE SHIFTING OF THE CENTRE OF SIGNIFICANCE IN

THE EVOLUTIONARY HYPOTHESIS THE PRINCIPLE

OF PROJECTED EFFICIENCY

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CHAPTER III

THE POSITION IN MODERN THOUGHT

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