Applied Sociology: A Treatise on the Conscious Improvement of Society by SocietyGinn, 1906 - 384 pages This work and its predecessor, Pure Sociology, constitute together a system of sociology, and these, with Dynamic Sociology, The Psychic Factors of Civilization, and the Outlines of Sociology, make up a more comprehensive system of social philosophy. Should any reader acquaint himself with the whole, he will find it not only consistent with itself, but progressive in the sense that each successive volume carries the subject a step farther with a minimum of repetition or duplicate treatment. The central thought is that of a true science of society, capable, in the measure that it approaches completeness, of being turned to the profit of mankind. If there is one respect in which it differs more than in others from rival systems of philosophy it is in its practical character of never losing sight of the end or purpose, nor of the possibilities of conscious effort. It is a reaction against the philosophy of despair that has come to dominate even the most enlightened scientific thought. It aims to point out a remedy for the general paralysis that is creeping over the world, and which a too narrow conception of the law of cosmic evolution serves rather to increase than to diminish. It proclaims the efficacy of effort, provided it is guided by intelligence. It would remove the embargo laid upon human activity by a false interpretation of scientific determinism, and, without having recourse to the equally false conception of a power to will, it insists upon the power to act. - Preface. |
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... FRANCE ANJOU POITOU TOURAINE LORRAINE BRETAGNE MAINE CHAMPAGNE ) ORLEANAIS FRANCHE- NIVERNAIS BOUR- BERRY GOGNE CONTE SUISSE- ROMANDE BOURBONNAIS MARCHE LYONNAIS SAVOIE Men of Letters SAINTONGE 00 inhabitants om 4.6 to 8.5 8.6 " 12.5 ...
... FRANCE ANJOU POITOU TOURAINE LORRAINE BRETAGNE MAINE CHAMPAGNE ) ORLEANAIS FRANCHE- NIVERNAIS BOUR- BERRY GOGNE CONTE SUISSE- ROMANDE BOURBONNAIS MARCHE LYONNAIS SAVOIE Men of Letters SAINTONGE 00 inhabitants om 4.6 to 8.5 8.6 " 12.5 ...
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... France . — Distribution of men of letters according to physical conditions . Tabular view by departments . By provinces . By regions . — Small effect of the physical environment The Ethnological Environment . Race influence on genius ...
... France . — Distribution of men of letters according to physical conditions . Tabular view by departments . By provinces . By regions . — Small effect of the physical environment The Ethnological Environment . Race influence on genius ...
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... France in Men of Letters PLATE III . Map showing the Fecundity of the seven recognized Regions of France in Men of Letters . PLATE IV . Map showing the Relative Fecundity of the Urban and Rural Population of France in Men of Letters ...
... France in Men of Letters PLATE III . Map showing the Fecundity of the seven recognized Regions of France in Men of Letters . PLATE IV . Map showing the Relative Fecundity of the Urban and Rural Population of France in Men of Letters ...
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... France is now having with the parochial schools . But all know in how few cases the social reform party acquires political control . This is on account of the stability of social structures . In old settled countries with definite class ...
... France is now having with the parochial schools . But all know in how few cases the social reform party acquires political control . This is on account of the stability of social structures . In old settled countries with definite class ...
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... France and England , since the time of the French physiocrats , it is commonly supposed that the general class of ideas upon which it rests has become the prevailing doc- trine in these countries and America . There could be no greater ...
... France and England , since the time of the French physiocrats , it is commonly supposed that the general class of ideas upon which it rests has become the prevailing doc- trine in these countries and America . There could be no greater ...
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