19th Century · English
Social Statics
Social Statics, by Herbert Spencer (1820–1903), a public-domain text from Liberty Fund's Online Library of Liberty.
Chapters
- 01New York Daily Tribune, Preface.prose
- 02Introduction, the doctrine of expediency.prose
- 03The Doctrine of the Moral Sense.prose
- 04Lemma I.prose
- 05Lemma II.prose
- 06Chapter I, definition of morality.prose
- 07Chapter II, the evanescence of evil.prose
- 08Chapter III, the divine idea, and the conditions of its realization.prose
- 09Chapter IV, derivation of a first principle.prose
- 10Chapter V, secondary derivation of a first principle.prose
- 11Chapter VI, first principle.prose
- 12Chapter VII, application of this first principle.prose
- 13Chapter VIII, the rights of life and personal liberty.prose
- 14Chapter IX, the right to the use of the earth.prose
- 15Chapter X, the right of property.prose
- 16Chapter XI, the right of property in ideas.prose
- 17Chapter XII, the right of property in character.prose
- 18Chapter XIII, the right of exchange.prose
- 19Chapter XIV, the right of free speech.prose
- 20Chapter XV, further rights.prose
- 21Chapter XVI, the rights of women.prose
- 22Chapter XVII, the rights of children.prose
- 23Chapter XVIII, political rights.prose
- 24Chapter XIX, the right to ignore the state.prose
- 25Chapter XX, the constitution of the state.prose
- 26Chapter XXI, the duty of the state.prose
- 27Chapter XXII, the limit of state-duty.prose
- 28Chapter XXIII, the regulation of commerce.prose
- 29Chapter XXIV, religious establishments.prose
- 30Chapter XXV, poor-laws.prose
- 31Chapter XXVI, national education.prose
- 32Chapter XXVII, government colonization.prose
- 33Chapter XXVIII, sanitary supervision.prose
- 34Chapter XXIX, currency, postal arrangements, etc.prose
- 35Chapter XXX, general considerations.prose
- 36Chapter XXXI, summary.prose
- 37Chapter XXXII, conclusion.prose
- 38The Prospective Review.prose
- 39The North American Review, The Ameeican Christian Examiner and Religious Miscellany.prose
- 40The History of Ancient Art Among the Greeks.prose
- 41New Edition, with Additions.prose
- 42Endeavours After the Christian Life. first series, Endeavours After the Christian Life. second series.prose
- 43Charaterisation of th Catholic Series BY THE PRESS.prose
- 44A Second Edition, with Explanatory Preface.prose