The second part of this edition typically consists of 269 pages and contains the author’s key popular science and philosophical essays, in which he applies his theory of universal evolutionism to various fields of life, science, and art:
The Genesis of Science – an analysis of the development of human knowledge from simple observations to complex theories.
The Nebular Hypothesis – reflections on the evolutionary formation of cosmic systems.
The Physiology of Laughter – a classic, mechanistic-evolutionary approach to the causes and functions of laughter in humans.
Morality and Railway Policy – a critical and social essay on the development of railroads at the time.
Money and Banks—reflections on political economy.
The Origin and Mechanism of Music—an evolutionary theory of the origins of the art of sound from the emotional expression of the human voice.
Transcendental Physiology—essays combining biology and the philosophy of nature.
269 pages, period half-leather binding.
