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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1913 Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XVII THE SCHOOL AND SOCIAL PROGRESS The Concept of Progress.--Evolution is a generally accepted law of the material universe. Everything about us that we can observe, either with the naked eye or by means of the microscope or telescope, is in motion, and is undergoing changes of some sort. Some of these changes are in the nature of building up more complex systems; others involve the breakdown and decay of such systems. The oldest philosophers of antiquity noticed these constant changes and interpreted them as evidences that our world with its inanimate and animate objects is slowly evolving, that the face of nature as we see it is the result of a development from some simpler condition of things. Modern science by its researches has confirmed this view. Not that everything is increasing in complexity, for in some directions there is evidence of decay and dissipation of energy. Heat, for instance, is continually being scattered in space, as far as we can see, never to be recovered. The animal and plant life of to-day is far less rich and varied than it was in certain geologic ages of the past. But, on the whole, the changes that have occurred and are occurring are interpreted by the scientist as evolution upward. Applied to Human Race.--This concept of development, or progress, is also applied to the human race, and the problems which there appear are both fascinating and important. For example, what changes in human nature and in human conditions are we to consider as changes for the better? Civilized man is different from the savage. Is he, therefore, any better off than the savage? While we think we can specify many ways in which he has advanced, it is also possible to point to phases in which he has declined. Is the progress ultimately greater t...


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781459070707
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 82
  • Spine Width: 4 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1459070704
  • Publisher Date: 01 Feb 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 163 gr

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