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Title: First and Last Things
Author: H. G. Wells
Release Date: July, 2003 [Etext# 4225]
Posting Date: December 23, 2009
Language: English
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*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK FIRST AND LAST THINGS ***
Produced by Rebecca Trump, and Sue Asscher
FIRST AND LAST THINGS
A CONFESSION OF FAITH AND RULE OF LIFE
By H.G. Wells
CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTION.
BOOK 1. METAPHYSICS.
CHAPTER 1.1. THE NECESSITY FOR METAPHYSICS.
CHAPTER 1.2. THE RESUMPTION OF METAPHYSICAL ENQUIRY.
CHAPTER 1.3. THE WORLD OF FACT.
CHAPTER 1.4. SCEPTICISM OF THE INSTRUMENT.
CHAPTER 1.5. THE CLASSIFICATORY ASSUMPTION.
CHAPTER 1.6. EMPTY TERMS.
CHAPTER 1.7. NEGATIVE TERMS.
CHAPTER 1.8. LOGIC STATIC AND LIFE KINETIC.
CHAPTER 1.9. PLANES AND DIALECTS OF THOUGHT.
CHAPTER 1.10. PRACTICAL CONCLUSIONS FROM THESE CONSIDERATIONS.
CHAPTER 1.11. BELIEFS.
CHAPTER 1.12. SUMMARY.
BOOK 2. OF BELIEFS.
CHAPTER 2.1. MY PRIMARY ACT OF FAITH.
CHAPTER 2.2. ON USING THE NAME OF GOD.
CHAPTER 2.3. FREE WILL AND PREDESTINATION.
CHAPTER 2.4. A PICTURE OF THE WORLD OF MEN.
CHAPTER 2.5. THE PROBLEM OF MOTIVES THE REAL PROBLEM OF LIFE.
CHAPTER 2.6. A REVIEW OF MOTIVES.
CHAPTER 2.7. THE SYNTHETIC MOTIVE.
CHAPTER 2.8. THE BEING OF MANKIND.
CHAPTER 2.9. INDIVIDUALITY AN INTERLUDE.
CHAPTER 2.10. THE MYSTIC ELEMENT.
CHAPTER 2.11. THE SYNTHESIS.
CHAPTER 2.12. OF PERSONAL IMMORTALITY.
CHAPTER 2.13. A CRITICISM OF CHRISTIANITY.
CHAPTER 2.14. OF OTHER RELIGIONS.
CHAPTER 2.15.
BOOK 3. OF GENERAL CONDUCT.
CHAPTER 3.1. CONDUCT FOLLOWS FROM BELIEF.
CHAPTER 3.2. WHAT IS GOOD?
CHAPTER 3.3. SOCIALISM.
CHAPTER 3.4. A CRITICISM OF CERTAIN FORMS OF SOCIALISM.
CHAPTER 3.5. HATE AND LOVE.
CHAPTER 3.6. THE PRELIMINARY SOCIAL DUTY.
CHAPTER 3.7. WRONG WAYS OF LIVING.
CHAPTER 3.8. SOCIAL PARASITISM AND CONTEMPORARY INJUSTICES.
CHAPTER 3.9. THE CASE OF THE WIFE AND MOTHER.
CHAPTER 3.10. ASSOCIATIONS.
CHAPTER 3.11. OF AN ORGANIZED BROTHERHOOD.
CHAPTER 3.12. CONCERNING NEW STARTS AND NEW RELIGIONS.
CHAPTER 3.13. ]]>
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