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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... expression . The dynamic quality of leisure . The horrors of ennui . — A certain amount of leisure will always be devoted to achievement . - needed as a spur to activity . - EDUCATION AS OPPORTUNITY - -- - Adversity not 243 Education ...
... expression . The dynamic quality of leisure . The horrors of ennui . — A certain amount of leisure will always be devoted to achievement . - needed as a spur to activity . - EDUCATION AS OPPORTUNITY - -- - Adversity not 243 Education ...
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... expression defined . — Effect of raising children of civilized parents among uncivilized peoples . — Of different environments in civilized countries . An outlook the prime essential -- - EQUALIZATION OF OPPORTUNITY - Differences in ...
... expression defined . — Effect of raising children of civilized parents among uncivilized peoples . — Of different environments in civilized countries . An outlook the prime essential -- - EQUALIZATION OF OPPORTUNITY - Differences in ...
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... expressed than in case of the one last considered . But it seems to me that they are even more justifiable . Still , it depends here very much upon the point of view . The modification of social phenomena has proved very difficult ...
... expressed than in case of the one last considered . But it seems to me that they are even more justifiable . Still , it depends here very much upon the point of view . The modification of social phenomena has proved very difficult ...
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... expression is probably as old as the laissez faire of De Gournay . I have met with it several times ( see Guizot , Histoire générale de la civilisation en Europe , p . 27 ) , not always in precisely the sense in which it is used here ...
... expression is probably as old as the laissez faire of De Gournay . I have met with it several times ( see Guizot , Histoire générale de la civilisation en Europe , p . 27 ) , not always in precisely the sense in which it is used here ...
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... expressed by Kant , belongs to the same class of ideas . WELTSCHMERZ The pessimists ( Schopenhauer , Hartmann , etc. ) deny that there is any remedy for the woes of the world , and as misery increases with social and intellectual ...
... expressed by Kant , belongs to the same class of ideas . WELTSCHMERZ The pessimists ( Schopenhauer , Hartmann , etc. ) deny that there is any remedy for the woes of the world , and as misery increases with social and intellectual ...
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