# The inequality of human races Author: Gobineau, Arthur, comte de, 1816-1882; Levy, Oscar, 1867-1946 [Author of introduction, etc.]; Collins, Adrian [Translator] Genre: Category: History - Other Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69751 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+inequality+of+human+races+Gobineau&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary The fall of civilizations is the most striking, and, at the same time, the most obscure, of all the phenomena of history. It is a calamity that strikes fear into the soul, and yet has always something so mysterious and so vast in reserve, that the thinker is never weary of looking at it, of studying it, of groping for its secrets. No doubt the birth and growth of peoples offer a very remarkable subject for the observer; the successive development of societies, their gains, their conquests, their triumphs, have something that vividly takes the imagination and holds it captive. But all these events, however great one may think them, seem to be easy of explanation; one accepts them as the me... ## Chapters - [CHAPTER XVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inequality-of-human-races-69751/chapters/16/index.md) - [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inequality-of-human-races-69751/chapters/11/index.md) - [CHAPTER XV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inequality-of-human-races-69751/chapters/15/index.md) - [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inequality-of-human-races-69751/chapters/5/index.md) - [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inequality-of-human-races-69751/chapters/9/index.md) - [CHAPTER XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inequality-of-human-races-69751/chapters/14/index.md) - [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inequality-of-human-races-69751/chapters/4/index.md) - [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inequality-of-human-races-69751/chapters/7/index.md) - [CHAPTER XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inequality-of-human-races-69751/chapters/13/index.md) - [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inequality-of-human-races-69751/chapters/8/index.md) - [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inequality-of-human-races-69751/chapters/2/index.md) - [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inequality-of-human-races-69751/chapters/12/index.md) - [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inequality-of-human-races-69751/chapters/10/index.md) - [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inequality-of-human-races-69751/chapters/6/index.md) - [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inequality-of-human-races-69751/chapters/1/index.md) - [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-inequality-of-human-races-69751/chapters/3/index.md)