Excerpt from The Universal Body Law We then will realize that that miraculous so called spirit life in our body is in reality nothing else than a real individual body-life, so small and so loosely united, that even scientists with their present microscope cannot discover any single bodies in it, and therefore call it a white mass. Because we never can make'for ourselves a conception of such a life, and we never can and never will see the form of a single body with our naked eyes, we therefore call it a spirit life, but all the same it must have a form in which to exist, for an immaterial and formless life is a nothingness, and can exist only in our imagination. After this enlighten ment we will begin to wonder how it was possible for us, trying to discover the cause of life and the creation of our thoughts in the solid buildings of our body, and not in that individual free moving life therein. What is, and how can we understand the so-called natural law? In spite of all our latest discoveries, we still explain the origin and development of all life in the universe, and that on our earth with the simple words only: it is natural law. Every human being is convinced that such a universal law must exist. But if we acknowledge the existence of such a natural law then we admit unconsciously the fact that there must undoubtedly exist, too, a ruling and supreme life, which is capable of enforcing this universal law. We know that in every ship, in every state or nation, there exists a government to rule the individual life therein, and we know, too, that all the laws that are made by that highest governing body in a state or in a great nation, can not be enforced direct by that central government, but only indirectly, from above downward, through the governments of the indi vidual states and communities, or their agents, because it is impossible to reach and control all individual life in a great body, through one single government only, and therefore all the many individual bodies therein must in turn have a govern ment by themselves. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Universal Law, or the Function of Natural Forms Concentration is a system of living which has been taught for ages, inconceivably longer than any other form of reli gion. Its practice results in a consistent mental attitude. This does not prove that concentration itself is a mental* attitude, notwithstanding the common supposition to that effect. Concentration is usually confused with focalization, which is purely mental in character. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from A Methodical System of Universal Law, Vol. 1: Or the Laws of Nature and Nations, Deduced From Certain Principles, and Applied to Proper Cases The author of this system of the law of nature and nations is so well known, and in so high esteem in the republic of letters, that it would be arrogance in me to fay any thing in recommendation of his works. Nor need I make any apology for translating into our language so excellent a book upon a subject of such universal importance. For the knowledge of justice and equity must be owned to be necessary in some degree to every one; but to those, in a particular manner, whose birth and fortunes afford them time and means, and call upon them to qualify themselves for the higher stations in civil society. Man, and the rights and duties of man, are certainly the most proper objects of human study in general. And surely Socrates had reason to say, "That if no man can be fit to undertake a trade, how mean and mechanical soever, without having been educated to it, and bestowed some considerable time upon the learning of it, it must be absurd to think one can be qualified for discharging public trusts and duties, without having taken great pains to instruct themselves in the principles of equity, the ends and interests of civil society, and the nature, spirit, and intention of laws," I shall only add, that every science hath its elements; and this treatise at least well deserves to be called an excellent introduction to the science of laws. As fir the notes and supplements I have added, how far they are necessary, I must leave it to the reader to judge. The greater part of them relates to one question, viz. The origine of civil government, which hath not been set in its true light by any other writer besides him from whom the illustration of this point is here borrowed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This was Pufendorf's first work, published in 1660. Its appearance effectively inaugurated the modern natural-law movement in the German-speaking world. The work also established Pufendorf as a key figure and laid the foundations for his major works, which were to sweep across Europe and North America. Pufendorf rejected the concept of natural rights as liberties and the suggestion that political government is justified by its protection of such rights, arguing instead for a principled limit to the state's role in human life.

Excerpt from Delineation of Universal Law: Being an Abstract of an Essay Towards Deducing the Elements of Universal Law, From the First Principles of Knowlwdge, and the Nature of Things; In a Methodical and Connected Series Of the Laws of National Society, as thence derived and their Fitnefi '12 Of the Future Exijience of Man as one of the Laws of his Nature I 3 B O O K II. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Laws of Life and Health A healthy organism is one which can adapt itself and go on adapting itself - both in structure and function, to its surroundings; and Of all organised beings man displays the greatest ability to adjust himself to his environment. The human family has the power to remain in perfect health in the coldest of Arctic regions and in the hottest of tropical zones; the highest of mountains and the lowest of valleys are compatible with health within limits. This implies that a healthy frame is one which has a good construction, capacity for endurance, self-control (not only physical but mental and emotional), and ability to resist all sorts of injurious influences. The actual signs, however, of this condition are SO illusory and so liable to misinterpretation that it Is wise to fall back upon a more general definition, and probably the best is, that health is the harmonious adaptation of the body to its environment. This fulfils every requirement, and is in accordance with the Spencerian doctrine that life is the continual adjustment of inner relations to outer relations. Health and disease are different aspects Of the same body, definite results flowing from definite conduct, just as good and evil in the moral world have the same physical substratum and one or the other will arise according to the actions Of the individual. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Advanced Lessons in Human Physiology: A Treatise of the Human Body, Including an Account of Its Structure, Its Functions, and the Laws of Health Again, in recent years the human body has come to be seen more and more clearly to have many things in common with all other living organisms. Too much in the past the study of Human Physiology has been conducted as some thing entirely separated from sciences of which it is really a part. The early study of the human body should bring one to see that much that he learns of its structure and activity is universal through the Animal Kingdom. In other words, the study of the human body is the study of Biology, and it adds to the clearness of its conceptions and much increases its interest to recognize and make use of this fact. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Laws of Health 1. The human body is a machine like a steam-engine. Both consist of many parts and joints which require attention and care. Like a steam-engine, the human body can do work, but only when the necessary fuel is supplied to it. The fuel in the case of a steam-engine is coal; in the case of the human body it is food. Just as an engine will do most work when supplied with the best quality of coal, so the body will work best when fed upon the proper kinds of food. Then we find that in a steam-engine there are certain waste products which are got rid of, such as smoke from the funnel, ashes and clinkers from the furnace, and stale oil from the various joints. So the human body gets rid of waste materials from the lungs, from the skin, from the kidneys, and from the bowel. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

"This is science writing as wonder and as inspiration." —The Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal From one of the most influential scientists of our time, a dazzling exploration of the hidden laws that govern the life cycle of everything from plants and animals to the cities we live in. Visionary physicist Geoffrey West is a pioneer in the field of complexity science, the science of emergent systems and networks. The term “complexity” can be misleading, however, because what makes West’s discoveries so beautiful is that he has found an underlying simplicity that unites the seemingly complex and diverse phenomena of living systems, including our bodies, our cities and our businesses. Fascinated by aging and mortality, West applied the rigor of a physicist to the biological question of why we live as long as we do and no longer. The result was astonishing, and changed science: West found that despite the riotous diversity in mammals, they are all, to a large degree, scaled versions of each other. If you know the size of a mammal, you can use scaling laws to learn everything from how much food it eats per day, what its heart-rate is, how long it will take to mature, its lifespan, and so on. Furthermore, the efficiency of the mammal’s circulatory systems scales up precisely based on weight: if you compare a mouse, a human and an elephant on a logarithmic graph, you find with every doubling of average weight, a species gets 25% more efficient—and lives 25% longer. Fundamentally, he has proven, the issue has to do with the fractal geometry of the networks that supply energy and remove waste from the organism’s body. West’s work has been game-changing for biologists, but then he made the even bolder move of exploring his work’s applicability. Cities, too, are constellations of networks and laws of scalability relate with eerie precision to them. Recently, West has applied his revolutionary work to the business world. This investigation has led to powerful insights into why some companies thrive while others fail. The implications of these discoveries are far-reaching, and are just beginning to be explored. Scale is a thrilling scientific adventure story about the elemental natural laws that bind us together in simple but profound ways. Through the brilliant mind of Geoffrey West, we can envision how cities, companies and biological life alike are dancing to the same simple, powerful tune.