The Decay and the Restoration of Civilization O Philosophy of Part, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

The Decay and the Restoration of Cvilization is the first part of a complete philosophy of civilization with which I have been occupied since the year 1900. The second part, entitled Civilization and Ethics ,will appear immediately. The third is ca Ued The World-V iew of Reverence for Life .T he fourth has to do with the civilized State. That over which I have toiled since 1900 has been finally ripened in the stillness of the primeval forest of Equatorial A frica. There, during the years 1914-17, the clear and definite lines of this philosophy of civilization have been developed. The first part, The Decay and the Restoration of Civilization ,is a kind of introduction to the philosophy of civilization. It states the problem of civilization. Entering on the question as to what is the real essential nature of civilization, I come to the pronouncement that this is ultimately ethical. I know that in thus stating the problem as a moral one IW eltanschauung. Translated theory of the universe throughout the first part and elsewhere in this preface.
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