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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Page vii
... Beliefs . Belief versus opinion . — Beliefs rest on interest . Grow out of desires . World views due to economic conditions . · occidental ideas . - - Oriental and The study of mind versus the study of matter · 45 CHAPTER VI TRUTH AND ...
... Beliefs . Belief versus opinion . — Beliefs rest on interest . Grow out of desires . World views due to economic conditions . · occidental ideas . - - Oriental and The study of mind versus the study of matter · 45 CHAPTER VI TRUTH AND ...
Page xi
... belief that most great men are born in the country . — Odin's tables . Great prevalence of city - born . Number born in châteaux . - Comparisons of city- and country - born . - Number of men of letters per 100,000 inhabitants ...
... belief that most great men are born in the country . — Odin's tables . Great prevalence of city - born . Number born in châteaux . - Comparisons of city- and country - born . - Number of men of letters per 100,000 inhabitants ...
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... belief that opportunity presents itself once to all . Not true . - Involves the fallacy of history - - • ― - - - - • Alleged Self - made Men . The subject greatly exaggerated . The number small . Examples : D'Alembert . Scaliger . Burns ...
... belief that opportunity presents itself once to all . Not true . - Involves the fallacy of history - - • ― - - - - • Alleged Self - made Men . The subject greatly exaggerated . The number small . Examples : D'Alembert . Scaliger . Burns ...
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... believing that the bad state of things can be remedied by their various specifics . Unfortunately there are many of these , and each school claims that its own par- ticular specific is not only a certain cure but the only cure . It is ...
... believing that the bad state of things can be remedied by their various specifics . Unfortunately there are many of these , and each school claims that its own par- ticular specific is not only a certain cure but the only cure . It is ...
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... beliefs . This is very nearly true , and therefore we need to inquire specially into the nature of beliefs . The difference between belief and opinion is slight , at least in popular usage . Belief might be defined as fixed or settled ...
... beliefs . This is very nearly true , and therefore we need to inquire specially into the nature of beliefs . The difference between belief and opinion is slight , at least in popular usage . Belief might be defined as fixed or settled ...
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