First and Last Things: A Confession of Faith and Rule of Life

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Author:	H. G. Wells
Language:	English
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Index
INTRODUCTION.
BOOK THE FIRST. — METAPHYSICS.
1.1. THE NECESSITY FOR METAPHYSICS.
1.1. THE NECESSITY FOR METAPHYSICS.
1.3. THE WORLD OF FACT.
1.4. SCEPTICISM OF THE INSTRUMENT.
1.5. THE CLASSIFICATORY ASSUMPTION.
1.6. EMPTY TERMS.
1.7. NEGATIVE TERMS.
1.8. LOGIC STATIC AND LIFE KINETIC.
1.9. PLANES AND DIALECTS OF THOUGHT.
1.9. PLANES AND DIALECTS OF THOUGHT.
1.11. BELIEFS.
1.12. SUMMARY.
BOOK THE SECOND — OF BELIEFS
2.1. MY PRIMARY ACT OF FAITH.
2.2. ON USING THE NAME OF GOD.
2.3. FREE WILL AND PREDESTINATION.
2.4. A PICTURE OF THE WORLD OF MEN.
2.4. A PICTURE OF THE WORLD OF MEN.
2.6. A REVIEW OF MOTIVES.
2.7. THE SYNTHETIC MOTIVE.
2.8. THE BEING OF MANKIND.
2.9. INDIVIDUALITY AN INTERLUDE.
2.10. THE MYSTIC ELEMENT.
2.11. THE SYNTHESIS.
2.12. OF PERSONAL IMMORTALITY.
2.13. A CRITICISM OF CHRISTIANITY.
2.14. OF OTHER RELIGIONS.
2.15.
BOOK THE THIRD — OF GENERAL CONDUCT
3.1. CONDUCT FOLLOWS FROM BELIEF.
3.2. WHAT IS GOOD?
3.3. SOCIALISM.
3.3. SOCIALISM.
3.5. HATE AND LOVE.
3.6. THE PRELIMINARY SOCIAL DUTY.
3.7. WRONG WAYS OF LIVING.
3.7. WRONG WAYS OF LIVING.
3.9. THE CASE OF THE WIFE AND MOTHER.
3.10. ASSOCIATIONS.
3.11. OF AN ORGANIZED BROTHERHOOD.
3.11. OF AN ORGANIZED BROTHERHOOD.
3.13. THE IDEA OF THE CHURCH.
3.14. OF SECESSION.
3.15. A DILEMMA.
3.16. A COMMENT.
3.17. WAR.
3.18. WAR AND COMPETITION.
3.19. MODERN WAR.
3.20. OF ABSTINENCES AND DISCIPLINES.
3.20. OF ABSTINENCES AND DISCIPLINES.
3.22. DEMOCRACY AND ARISTOCRACY.
3.23. ON DEBTS OF HONOUR.
3.24. THE IDEA OF JUSTICE.
3.25. OF LOVE AND JUSTICE.
3.26. THE WEAKNESS OF IMMATURITY.
3.27. POSSIBILITY OF A NEW ETIQUETTE.
3.28. SEX.
3.29. THE INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGE.
3.29. THE INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGE.
3.31. CONDUCT TOWARDS TRANSGRESSORS.
3.31. CONDUCT TOWARDS TRANSGRESSORS.
4.1. PERSONAL LOVE AND LIFE.
4.2. THE NATURE OF LOVE.
4.3. THE WILL TO LOVE.
4.4. LOVE AND DEATH.
4.5. THE CONSOLATION OF FAILURE.
4.6. THE LAST CONFESSION.

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