Modern Thinkers Principally Upon Social Science: What They Think, and Why

CONTENTS Preface by the Author Introduction by Robert G. Ingersoll Sketch of the Life of Swedenborg Emanuel Swedenborg; and the Origin of the Christian Ideas of Heaven, Hell and Virtue Sketch of the Life of Adam Smith Adam Smith, Founder of the School of the Economists Sketch of the Life of Jeremy Bentham Jeremy Bentham, the Apostle of Law Reform, and of Utilitarianism in Morals Sketch of the Life of Thomas Paine Thomas Paine, the Apostle of Chronic Revolution, in his Relations to the Declaration of Independence, and Democracy in America Sketch of the Life of Fourier Charles Fourier, the Philosopher of Passional Harmony and Co-operative Association Sketch of the Life of Spencer Herbert Spencer, a Review of his Theories of Evolution and of Morals Sketch of the Life of Haeckel Ernst Haeckel, the Demonstrator of the Doctrine of Evolution Auguste Comte - Founder of the Positive Philosophy and Pontiff of the Religion of Humanity, including a Sketch of his Life The Authorship of Junius, a Sequel to the Critique on Thomas Paine Wealth, a Sequel to the Critique on Adam Smith