Category: Philosophy & Ethics

Manhood of Humanity.

This book is primarily a study of Man and ultimately embraces all the great qualities and problems of Man. As a study of Man it takes into consideration _all_ the characteristics which make Man what he is. If some readers do note the absence of certain expressions familiar to...

Chapters

11. Chapter 11

“In Europe we know that an age is dying. Here it would be easy to miss the signs of coming changes, but I have little doubt that it will come. A realization of the _aimlessness_...

10. Chapter 10

In a previous chapter I have said that the World War marks the end of one vast period in the life of humankind and marks the beginning of another. It marks the end of Humanity’s...

2. Chapter 2

“For a while he trampled with impunity on laws human and divine but, as he was obsessed with the delusion that two and two makes five, he fell, at last a victim to the relentles...

6. Chapter 6

I beg the reader to allow me to begin this chapter with a word of warning. The reader is aware that Criticism—by which I mean Thought—may be any one of three kinds: it may be pu...

5. Chapter 5

Man has ever been the greatest puzzle to man. There are many and important reasons for this fact. As the subject of this book is not a theoretical, academic study of man, of whi...

7. Chapter 7

Human Engineering will be the science by which the great social problems will be solved. For the first time since the first day of man, humanity will really understand its own n...

4. Chapter 4

The problems to be dealt with in this chapter are not easy, but they are exceedingly important. To classify phenomena correctly, they must be correctly analysed and clearly defi...

8. Chapter 8

Humanity is a dynamic affair, nay, the most dynamic known, because it is able to transform and direct basic powers. Where power is produced there must be an issue for it. Power...

3. Chapter 3

The conclusion of the World War is the closing of the period of the childhood of humanity. This childhood, as any childhood, can be characterized as devoid of any real understan...

9. Chapter 9

Why did Germany display more power than any other single nation? Because in the establishment of her “ethics,” her political system, and her economic structure, Germany availed...

1. Chapter 1

This book is primarily a study of Man and ultimately embraces all the great qualities and problems of Man. As a study of Man it takes into consideration _all_ the characteristic...