Excerpt from Herbert Spencer The aim of this little book is almost entirely expository. I have tried in it to give a simple outline of the cardinal ideas and more im portant bearings of the Synthetic Philosophy. The accomplishment Of this task within the limits allowed me has made more than suficient demands upon my powers of presentment and condensation. Absence of recorded disapproval mu st, therefore, not be regarded as necessarily implying ent. Where I have departed from interpretation to express judgment, I have done so simply for the purpose of indicating certain points at which, in respect oi fundamental matters, Spencer's account of things seems to me. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.