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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 Read More..

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Description	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.David Sherborne, H.G. Wells: Another Sort of Life (Peter Owen, 2010), p. 188. 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.David C. Smith, H.G. Wells: Desperately Mortal: A Biography (Yale University Press, 1986), p. 122. Smith is the biographer of Wells who has given the most attention to First and Last Things; see his work for comment and a more extensive précis. The pragmatism of William James, who had become a friend of Wells, was also an influence.David Sherborne, H.G. Wells: Another Sort of Life (Peter Owen, 2010), p. 188.
Description	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.David Sherborne, H.G. Wells: Another Sort of Life (Peter Owen, 2010), p. 188. 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.David C. Smith, H.G. Wells: Desperately Mortal: A Biography (Yale University Press, 1986), p. 122. Smith is the biographer of Wells who has given the most attention to First and Last Things; see his work for comment and a more extensive précis. The pragmatism of William James, who had become a friend of Wells, was also an influence.David Sherborne, H.G. Wells: Another Sort of Life (Peter Owen, 2010), p. 188.

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Authors	H. G. Wells
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Language	English
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Country	United Kingdom
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