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First and Last Things: A Confession of Faith and Rule of Life

by H. G. Wells

Chapters (65)
  1. FIRST AND LAST THINGS: A CONFESSION OF FAITH AND RULE OF LIFE: INTRODUCTION. 0:00
  2. BOOK THE FIRST. — METAPHYSICS. 1.1. THE NECESSITY FOR METAPHYSICS. 4:42
  3. 1.2. THE RESUMPTION OF METAPHYSICAL ENQUIRY. 8:25
  4. 1.3. THE WORLD OF FACT. 9:36
  5. 1.4. SCEPTICISM OF THE INSTRUMENT. 13:49
  6. 1.5. THE CLASSIFICATORY ASSUMPTION. 16:45
  7. 1.6. EMPTY TERMS. 25:35
  8. 1.7. NEGATIVE TERMS. 27:50
  9. 1.8. LOGIC STATIC AND LIFE KINETIC. 31:49
  10. 1.9. PLANES AND DIALECTS OF THOUGHT. 32:57
  11. 1.10. PRACTICAL CONCLUSIONS FROM THESE CONSIDERATIONS. 37:47
  12. 1.11. BELIEFS. 49:45
  13. 1.12. SUMMARY. 53:13
  14. BOOK THE SECOND — OF BELIEFS: 2.1. MY PRIMARY ACT OF FAITH. 55:26
  15. 2.2. ON USING THE NAME OF GOD. 57:45
  16. 2.3. FREE WILL AND PREDESTINATION. 1:00:03
  17. 2.4. A PICTURE OF THE WORLD OF MEN. 1:02:44
  18. 2.5. THE PROBLEM OF MOTIVES THE REAL PROBLEM OF LIFE. 1:06:23
  19. 2.6. A REVIEW OF MOTIVES. 1:08:45
  20. 2.7. THE SYNTHETIC MOTIVE. 1:14:45
  21. 2.8. THE BEING OF MANKIND. 1:18:57
  22. 2.9. INDIVIDUALITY AN INTERLUDE. 1:24:18
  23. 2.10. THE MYSTIC ELEMENT. 1:32:20
  24. 2.11. THE SYNTHESIS. 1:35:40
  25. 2.12. OF PERSONAL IMMORTALITY. 1:36:53
  26. 2.13. A CRITICISM OF CHRISTIANITY. 1:40:05
  27. 2.14. OF OTHER RELIGIONS. 1:48:58
  28. 2.15. 1:50:27
  29. BOOK THE THIRD — OF GENERAL CONDUCT: 3.1. CONDUCT FOLLOWS FROM BELIEF. 1:50:47
  30. 3.2. WHAT IS GOOD? 1:52:03
  31. 3.3. SOCIALISM. 1:54:12
  32. 3.4. A CRITICISM OF CERTAIN FORMS OF SOCIALISM. 1:57:55
  33. 3.5. HATE AND LOVE. 2:07:36
  34. 3.6. THE PRELIMINARY SOCIAL DUTY. 2:14:13
  35. 3.7. WRONG WAYS OF LIVING. 2:20:44
  36. 3.8. SOCIAL PARASITISM AND CONTEMPORARY INJUSTICES. 2:23:02
  37. 3.9. THE CASE OF THE WIFE AND MOTHER. 2:28:28
  38. 3.10. ASSOCIATIONS. 2:33:32
  39. 3.11. OF AN ORGANIZED BROTHERHOOD. 2:39:13
  40. 3.12. CONCERNING NEW STARTS AND NEW RELIGIONS. 2:58:22
  41. 3.13. THE IDEA OF THE CHURCH. 3:04:03
  42. 3.14. OF SECESSION. 3:12:55
  43. 3.15. A DILEMMA. 3:17:57
  44. 3.16. A COMMENT. 3:22:16
  45. 3.17. WAR. 3:24:08
  46. 3.18. WAR AND COMPETITION. 3:27:36
  47. 3.19. MODERN WAR. 3:34:45
  48. 3.20. OF ABSTINENCES AND DISCIPLINES. 3:39:19
  49. 3.21. ON FORGETTING, AND THE NEED OF PRAYER, READING, DISCUSSION AND WORSHIP. 3:45:29
  50. 3.22. DEMOCRACY AND ARISTOCRACY. 3:50:51
  51. 3.23. ON DEBTS OF HONOUR. 3:55:48
  52. 3.24. THE IDEA OF JUSTICE. 3:58:01
  53. 3.25. OF LOVE AND JUSTICE. 4:02:36
  54. 3.26. THE WEAKNESS OF IMMATURITY. 4:05:15
  55. 3.27. POSSIBILITY OF A NEW ETIQUETTE. 4:09:53
  56. 3.28. SEX. 4:12:03
  57. 3.29. THE INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGE. 4:15:54
  58. 3.30. CONDUCT IN RELATION TO THE THING THAT IS. 4:28:50
  59. 3.31. CONDUCT TOWARDS TRANSGRESSORS. 4:31:18
  60. BOOK THE FOURTH — SOME PERSONAL THINGS. 4.1. PERSONAL LOVE AND LIFE. 4:34:12
  61. 4.2. THE NATURE OF LOVE. 4:37:11
  62. 4.3. THE WILL TO LOVE. 4:45:31
  63. 4.4. LOVE AND DEATH. 4:47:11
  64. 4.5. THE CONSOLATION OF FAILURE. 4:52:07
  65. 4.6. THE LAST CONFESSION. 4:53:54
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Narrator
Arthur — English RP Narrator (en-GB)
Length
4 hr 57 min
Language
English
Added
October 28, 2026
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