Introduction. -- Early Spencer: influences and ideas. -- Middel Spencer: towards a tapestry of the world. -- Later Spencer: crafting the principles of sociology, and losing hold. -- Evolution and mind. -- Mind and society. -- The social organism. -- Militant and industrial social types. -- Understanding music. -- Sociology, ethics and well-being. -- Concluding reflections.

1. Social science/General
2. Social sciences -- Philosophy
3. Sociology -- Philosophy