Illustrations of universal progress : a series of discussions
by Spencer, Herbert
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D. Appleton, 1864. Hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. [Interesting provenance, previously owned by John R. McLean. Bound in publisher's cloth. xxiv, 439 pages. Hardcover. Good binding and cover. Bookplate of McLean on verso. <br> John R. McLean was an American businessman. He owned the Washington Post, and was part owner of the Cincin Contents: Progress : its law and cause.--Manners and fashion.--The genesis of science.--The physiology of laughter.--The origin and function of music.--The nebular hypothesis.--Brain on the emotions and the will.--Illogical geology.--The development hypothesis.--The social organism.--Use and beauty.--The sources of architectural types.--The use of anthropomorphism. Progress: its law and cause.--Manners and fashion.--The genesis of science.--The physiology of laughter.--The origin and function of music.--The nebular hypothesis.--Bain on the emotions and the will.--Illogical geology.--The development hypothesis.--The social organism.--Use and beauty.--The sources of architectural types.--The use of anthropomorphism.
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- Title
- Illustrations of universal progress : a series of discussions
- Author
- Spencer, Herbert
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- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
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- Publisher
- D. Appleton
- Date Published
- 1864
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- 0x0x0
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