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Many authors throughout history have presented their religious beliefs in written form, and H. G. wells is no exception. Within this fascinating volume, Wells covers everything from inter personal relationships to military attitude. He begins with his ideas concerning metaphysics, beliefs, and general conduct; with the latter part of the book dealing with "personal things". Contents include: "The Back Of Miss Bathwick And George Boon", "Being The First Chapter Of 'The Mind Of The Race'", "The Great Slump, The Revival Of Letters, And The Garden By The Sea", "Of Art, Of Literature, Of Mr Henry James", et cetera. Herbert George Wells (1866 - 1946) was a prolific English writer who wrote in a variety of genres, including the novel, politics, history, and social commentary. Today, he is perhaps best remembered for his contributions to the science fiction genre thanks to such novels as "The Time Machine" (1895), "The Invisible Man" (1897), and "The War of the Worlds" (1898). Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this book now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author. First published in 1915.

This carefully crafted ebook: "First and Last Things - A Confession of Faith and Rule of Life (The original unabridged edition, all 4 books in 1 volume)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. First and Last Things is a 1908 work of philosophy by H. G. Wells. Its main intellectual influences are Darwinism and certain German thinkers Wells had read, such as August Weismann. The pragmatism of William James, who had become a friend of Wells, was also an influence. Table of Contents: Introduction Book the First The Necessity for Metaphysics. The Resumption of Metaphysical Enquiry. The World of Fact. Scepticism of the Instrument. The Classificatory Assumption. Empty Terms. Negative Terms. Logic Static and Life Kinetic. Planes and Dialects of Thought. Practical Conclusions from These Considerations. Beliefs. Summary. Book the Second My Primary Act of Faith. On Using the Name of God. Free Will and Predestination. A Picture of the World of Men. The Problem of Motives the Real Problem of Life. A Review of Motives. The Synthetic Motive. The Being of Mankind. Individuality an Interlude. The Mystic Element. The Synthesis. Of Personal Immortality. A Criticism of Christianity. Of Other Religions. Book the Third Conduct Follows from Belief. What is Good? Socialism. A Criticism of Certain Forms of Socialism. Hate and Love. The Preliminary Social Duty. Wrong Ways of Living. Social Parasitism and Contemporary Injustices. The Case of the Wife and Mother. Associations. Of an Organized Brotherhood. Concerning New Starts and New Religions. The Idea of the Church. Of Secession. A Dilemma. A Comment. War. War and Competition. Modern War. Of Abstinences and Disciplines. On Forgetting, and the Need of Prayer, Reading, Discussion and Worship. Democracy and Aristocracy. On Debts of Honour. The Idea of Justice. Of Love and Justice. The Weakness of Immaturity. Possibility of a New Etiquette. Sex. The Institution of Marriage.

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First and Last Things was written by H.G. Wells and first published in 1908. It is a work of philosophy, that sets forth his beliefs in four books, entitled: Metaphysics, Of Belief, Of General Conduct, and Some Personal Things. Certain parts of the book were published originally in Independent Magazine between July and August 1908 Parts of the book were published in the Independent Magazine in July and August 1908. The major intellectual influences on the work are Darwinism and German thought, particularly August Weismann. William James, a friend of Wells, was also a definite influence. 1929 that restored much of the book to its earlier form. The work emphasises scepticism, and a quasi-mystical approach to humanity overall.

Recently I set myself to put down what I believe. I did this with no idea of making a book, but at the suggestion of a friend and to interest a number of friends with whom I was associated. We were all, we found, extremely uncertain in our outlook upon life, about our religious feelings and in our ideas of right and wrong. And yet we reckoned ourselves people of the educated class and some of us talk and lecture and write with considerable confidence. We thought it would be of very great interest to ourselves and each other if we made some sort of frank mutual confession. We arranged to hold a series of meetings in which first one and then another explained the faith, so far as he understood it, that was in him. We astonished ourselves and our hearers by the irregular and fragmentary nature of the creeds we produced, clotted at one point, inconsecutive at another, inconsistent and unconvincing to a quite unexpected degree. It would not be difficult to caricature one of those meetings; the lecturer floundering about with an air of exquisite illumination, the audience attentive with an expression of thwarted edification upon its various brows. For my own part I grew so interested in planning my lecture and in joining up point and point, that my notes soon outran the possibilities of the hour or so of meeting for which I was preparing them. The meeting got only a few fragments of what I had to say, and made what it could of them. And after that was over I let myself loose from limits of time and length altogether and have expanded these memoranda into a book.

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

*This book is Annotated (It contains a biography of the Author).* First and Last Things is a 1908 work of philosophy by H. G. Wells setting forth his beliefs in four "books" entitled "Metaphysics," "Of Belief," "Of General Conduct," and "Some Personal Things." Parts of the book were published in the Independent Magazine in July and August 1908. Wells revised the book extensively in 1917, in response to his religious conversion, but later published a further revision in 1929 that restored much of the book to its earlier form. Its main intellectual influences are Darwinism and certain German thinkers Wells had read, such as August Weismann. The pragmatism of William James, who had become a friend of Wells, was also an influence.

Many authors throughout history have presented their religious beliefs in written form, and H. G. wells is no exception. Within this fascinating volume, Wells covers everything from inter personal relationships to military attitude. He begins with his ideas concerning metaphysics, beliefs, and general conduct; with the latter part of the book dealing with “personal things”. Contents include: "The Back Of Miss Bathwick And George Boon", "Being The First Chapter Of 'The Mind Of The Race'", "The Great Slump, The Revival Of Letters, And The Garden By The Sea", "Of Art, Of Literature, Of Mr Henry James", et cetera. Herbert George Wells (1866 – 1946) was a prolific English writer who wrote in a variety of genres, including the novel, politics, history, and social commentary. Today, he is perhaps best remembered for his contributions to the science fiction genre thanks to such novels as “The Time Machine” (1895), “The Invisible Man” (1897), and “The War of the Worlds” (1898). Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this book now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author. First published in 1915.

Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) was an English writer best known for such science fiction novels as The Time Machine (1888), The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896), The War of the Worlds (1897), The Invisible Man: A Grotesque Romance (1897) and The First Men in the Moon (1900-01). He was a prolific writer of both fiction and non-fiction, and produced works in many different genres, including contemporary novels, history, and social commentary. He was also an outspoken socialist. His later works become increasingly political and didactic, and only his early science fiction novels are widely read today. Wells is sometimes referred to as "The Father of Science Fiction". Among his most famous works are: Ann Veronica: A Modern Love Story (1909), The History of Mr. Polly (1910), The Country of the Blind and Other Stories (1911), An Englishman Looks at the World (1914), God the Invisible King (1917) and In the Fourth Year: Anticipations of a World Peace (1918).