The Philosophy of Necessity Or Natural Law As Applicable to Moral Mental And Social Science

1863. From the Introduction: The Philosophy of Necessity is the reason why of Necessity. Necessity implies Law or a constant and invariable order of events in the physical and also in the moral world. Reason is exercised in the knowledge and calculation of this fixed order, and if in any department of Nature this order did not reign, in that department there could be no exercise of reason. This is the reason why of Necessity.