Excerpt from Social Evolution
The idea that pervades this work may be expressed as follows: - If the present be dependent upon the past and the future upon both, it should be possible by the aid of certain laws of evolution - that yet remain to be defined - to deduce from the two former terms the third. Otherwise the word evolution would have no real signification, and evolution would not exist. But, as we do recognise its universal applicability in Nature, it must also exist for societies and their political institutions; for society is but a natural condition.
The discovery of the laws that must govern social or political evolution may then be viewed as a possibility: and, if such possibility be admitted, it may become a reality by the aid of scientific thought.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге Social Evolution (Classic Reprint) (Philip Delbert)