Excerpt from The Philosophy of Civilization: A Sociological Study
This essay is an attempt toward the organization of the general principles of sociology which are considered to constitute civilization in its broadest sense.
What the author aimed at was the construction of a system, to serve as a practical guide in the study of history, particularly with regard to the moral development of society, and, at the same time, to serve as a natural standard by which civilization could be tested.
The best method for judging civilization is to observe the natural development of the human mind in connection with the divers influences acting on this development. This method is followed in the present essay, which, in essence, is a dissertation on Moral-Mental Philosophy based on the theory of Evolution.
In the following Introductory Notes the necessary exposition is given with regard to the development of the subject-matter treated in the text. This latter has been condensed as much as clearness of statement would allow.
I embrace this opportunity to bring a special plea to the notice of my readers. Having been compelled, by official duty, to be constantly absent from the place where the printing of this work was going on, the correction of proof-sheets, which came to me, on my journeys in China, in an uncomfortably irregular manner, had to be done in a traveller's mood. I must therefore solicit the indulgence of my readers, with regard to the errors that have been overlooked at the proof-revisions.
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