Principles of Western CivilisationMacmillan and Company, Limited, 1902 - 518 pages |
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Page 10
... we could not have formulated either of them without unclothing ourselves of one epoch and rising above time and circum- stance " ( Ibid . p . 443 ) . they represent is a theory of progress in which the IO CHAP . WESTERN CIVILISATION.
... we could not have formulated either of them without unclothing ourselves of one epoch and rising above time and circum- stance " ( Ibid . p . 443 ) . they represent is a theory of progress in which the IO CHAP . WESTERN CIVILISATION.
Page 11
... rise of the middle classes into political power , but also the advance of the working classes as a power that will displace them and be ( as we are told it ought to be ) all in all . As in the economic theory of Marx and Engels all ...
... rise of the middle classes into political power , but also the advance of the working classes as a power that will displace them and be ( as we are told it ought to be ) all in all . As in the economic theory of Marx and Engels all ...
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... rise from the study of that book without having left on his mind at least one clear and definite impression . He will in all prob- ability feel , over and above everything else , how steadily and consistently Darwin kept before him the ...
... rise from the study of that book without having left on his mind at least one clear and definite impression . He will in all prob- ability feel , over and above everything else , how steadily and consistently Darwin kept before him the ...
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... rise the nature of the central idea which carries us beyond Darwin's standpoint is already apparent . We begin to see that in so ultimate and fundamental a matter as the average duration of life in the individual , the determining and ...
... rise the nature of the central idea which carries us beyond Darwin's standpoint is already apparent . We begin to see that in so ultimate and fundamental a matter as the average duration of life in the individual , the determining and ...
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... rise , that attention should be kept con- tinuously fixed on the central principle with which we are here concerned . The imagination of the early Darwinians had been impressed with the struggle for existence as they perceived it in the ...
... rise , that attention should be kept con- tinuously fixed on the central principle with which we are here concerned . The imagination of the early Darwinians had been impressed with the struggle for existence as they perceived it in the ...
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absolute amongst Ancestor Worship ancient civilisations ancient world antithesis ascendency become beginning cause century chap chapter characteristic Church civil competition conception conflict controlling Democracy destined doctrine economic process efficiency empire endeavour England epoch Ethics Europe evolutionary process evolutionist expression fact forces forms fundamental future gradually Greek hitherto human evolution human mind Ibid ideal ideas influence inherent interests J. S. Mill John Stuart Mill labour laissez-faire last resort limits of political Manchester school meaning ment military modern world moral movement Natural Selection organisation Origin of Species past perceived period phase phenomena philosophy political consciousness position present prevailing progress race reached realise regarded religion represented result Roman significance Sir Frederick Pollock slowly Social Democracy social evolution society spectacle Spencer spirit stage struggle subordination tendency tending theory throughout tion ultimate utilitarian W. J. Ashley Western history Western world whole