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

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First and Last Things: A Confession of Faith and Rule of Life is available in the Project Gutenberg source edition credited to H. G. Wells. Catalog subjects include Conduct of life. This edition retains the source text, including any introductory material and notes.

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Unknown year

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English

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Public domain

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Table of contents

66 chapters

1. 01A CONFESSION OF FAITH AND RULE OF LIFE2 min
2. 02INTRODUCTION.4 min
3. 031.1. THE NECESSITY FOR METAPHYSICS.3 min
4. 041.2. THE RESUMPTION OF METAPHYSICAL ENQUIRY.2 min
5. 051.3. THE WORLD OF FACT.3 min
6. 061.4. SCEPTICISM OF THE INSTRUMENT.2 min
7. 071.5. THE CLASSIFICATORY ASSUMPTION.8 min
8. 081.6. EMPTY TERMS.2 min
9. 091.7. NEGATIVE TERMS.3 min
10. 101.8. LOGIC STATIC AND LIFE KINETIC.2 min
11. 111.9. PLANES AND DIALECTS OF THOUGHT.4 min
12. 121.10. PRACTICAL CONCLUSIONS FROM THESE CONSIDERATIONS.10 min
13. 131.11. BELIEFS.3 min
14. 141.12. SUMMARY.2 min
15. 152.1. MY PRIMARY ACT OF FAITH.2 min
16. 162.2. ON USING THE NAME OF GOD.2 min
17. 172.3. FREE WILL AND PREDESTINATION.2 min
18. 182.4. A PICTURE OF THE WORLD OF MEN.3 min
19. 192.5. THE PROBLEM OF MOTIVES THE REAL PROBLEM OF LIFE.2 min
20. 202.6. A REVIEW OF MOTIVES.5 min
21. 212.7. THE SYNTHETIC MOTIVE.3 min
22. 222.8. THE BEING OF MANKIND.5 min
23. 232.9. INDIVIDUALITY AN INTERLUDE.7 min
24. 242.10. THE MYSTIC ELEMENT.3 min
25. 252.11. THE SYNTHESIS.2 min
26. 262.12. OF PERSONAL IMMORTALITY.3 min
27. 272.13. A CRITICISM OF CHRISTIANITY.8 min
28. 282.14. OF OTHER RELIGIONS.2 min
29. 292.15.2 min
30. 303.1. CONDUCT FOLLOWS FROM BELIEF.2 min
31. 313.2. WHAT IS GOOD?2 min
32. 323.3. SOCIALISM.3 min
33. 333.4. A CRITICISM OF CERTAIN FORMS OF SOCIALISM.8 min
34. 343.5. HATE AND LOVE.6 min
35. 353.6. THE PRELIMINARY SOCIAL DUTY.5 min
36. 363.7. WRONG WAYS OF LIVING.2 min
37. 373.8. SOCIAL PARASITISM AND CONTEMPORARY INJUSTICES.5 min
38. 383.9. THE CASE OF THE WIFE AND MOTHER.4 min
39. 393.10. ASSOCIATIONS.5 min
40. 403.11. OF AN ORGANIZED BROTHERHOOD.17 min
41. 413.12. CONCERNING NEW STARTS AND NEW RELIGIONS.5 min
42. 423.13. THE IDEA OF THE CHURCH.7 min
43. 433.14. OF SECESSION.4 min
44. 443.15. A DILEMMA.4 min
45. 453.16. A COMMENT.2 min
46. 463.17. WAR.3 min
47. 473.18. WAR AND COMPETITION.6 min
48. 483.19. MODERN WAR.4 min
49. 493.20. OF ABSTINENCES AND DISCIPLINES.5 min
50. 503.21. ON FORGETTING, AND THE NEED OF PRAYER, READING, DISCUSSION AND WORSHIP.5 min
51. 513.22. DEMOCRACY AND ARISTOCRACY.4 min
52. 523.23. ON DEBTS OF HONOUR.2 min
53. 533.24. THE IDEA OF JUSTICE.4 min
54. 543.25. OF LOVE AND JUSTICE.2 min
55. 553.26. THE WEAKNESS OF IMMATURITY.4 min
56. 563.27. POSSIBILITY OF A NEW ETIQUETTE.2 min
57. 573.28. SEX.3 min
58. 583.29. THE INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGE.11 min
59. 593.30. CONDUCT IN RELATION TO THE THING THAT IS.2 min
60. 603.31. CONDUCT TOWARDS TRANSGRESSORS.2 min
61. 614.1. PERSONAL LOVE AND LIFE.2 min
62. 624.2. THE NATURE OF LOVE.7 min
63. 634.3. THE WILL TO LOVE.2 min
64. 644.4. LOVE AND DEATH.4 min
65. 654.5. THE CONSOLATION OF FAILURE.2 min
66. 664.6. THE LAST CONFESSION.3 min