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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... Italian . — Result still negative . Regions outside of France . - Belgium , Alsace- Lorraine . Genius equal in all races . - -- - - - - - - • 156 The Religious Environment . — Effect of different religions on the pro- duction of great ...
... Italian . — Result still negative . Regions outside of France . - Belgium , Alsace- Lorraine . Genius equal in all races . - -- - - - - - - • 156 The Religious Environment . — Effect of different religions on the pro- duction of great ...
Page 133
... Italy suffered immensely from the same cause and is to - day far behind the lead- ing nations of the world . And these are not the only instances . On the other hand , the brilliant rôle played by Switzerland in the history of science ...
... Italy suffered immensely from the same cause and is to - day far behind the lead- ing nations of the world . And these are not the only instances . On the other hand , the brilliant rôle played by Switzerland in the history of science ...
Page 162
... Italy was also frightfully persecuted at an earlier date . In the diocese of Como alone more than 1000 were tried annually by the inquisitors for many years , and 300 were burnt in the single year 1416 . The French persecutions , by ...
... Italy was also frightfully persecuted at an earlier date . In the diocese of Como alone more than 1000 were tried annually by the inquisitors for many years , and 300 were burnt in the single year 1416 . The French persecutions , by ...
Page 197
... Italy , Spain , England , and Germany . In this he confines himself wholly to the highest class , viz . , cases of acknowledged genius . Studying the birthplaces of this class , he finds a total for Italy of 55 , 23 of whom were born in ...
... Italy , Spain , England , and Germany . In this he confines himself wholly to the highest class , viz . , cases of acknowledged genius . Studying the birthplaces of this class , he finds a total for Italy of 55 , 23 of whom were born in ...
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... Italy , 28 in Spain , 61 in England , and 52 in Germany , and presented the results in the following table : COUNTRIES NOBILITY PUBLIC OFFICIALS LIBERAL PROFES- SIONS SIE BOURGEOI- LABORING CLASS TOTAL Italy 22 22 6 6 22 39 Spain 142 32 ...
... Italy , 28 in Spain , 61 in England , and 52 in Germany , and presented the results in the following table : COUNTRIES NOBILITY PUBLIC OFFICIALS LIBERAL PROFES- SIONS SIE BOURGEOI- LABORING CLASS TOTAL Italy 22 22 6 6 22 39 Spain 142 32 ...
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