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... INDUSTRY AND ECONOMICS .. 190 VI THE PRESENT AND FUTURE OF SOCIETY .. 205 PART III - ETHICS I THE MORAL CONCEPTION . II THE HISTORY OF ETHICS . 225 237 III THE HISTORY OF LAW . IV THE HISTORY OF RELIGION . 253 263 INTRODUCTION ...
... INDUSTRY AND ECONOMICS .. 190 VI THE PRESENT AND FUTURE OF SOCIETY .. 205 PART III - ETHICS I THE MORAL CONCEPTION . II THE HISTORY OF ETHICS . 225 237 III THE HISTORY OF LAW . IV THE HISTORY OF RELIGION . 253 263 INTRODUCTION ...
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... industry . " There could be no civilization in any real sense until the agricultural stage in social evolu- tion had been reached . The savages of the primeval for- est lived a life of torpor , tempered by spasms of activity . The ...
... industry . " There could be no civilization in any real sense until the agricultural stage in social evolu- tion had been reached . The savages of the primeval for- est lived a life of torpor , tempered by spasms of activity . The ...
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... industry by means of the Phe- nicians . " It was not from Ionians or Phenicians , however , that Egypt received its deathblow , but from the Assyrians . In the region back of Chaldea , the country embraced by the Tigris and Euphrates ...
... industry by means of the Phe- nicians . " It was not from Ionians or Phenicians , however , that Egypt received its deathblow , but from the Assyrians . In the region back of Chaldea , the country embraced by the Tigris and Euphrates ...
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... industry , as well as religion , alive and preserved the love of books and learning in an age which cared nothing about such things . " The rapid de- composition of the entire Roman Empire by continuous invasions of barbarians , " Lecky ...
... industry , as well as religion , alive and preserved the love of books and learning in an age which cared nothing about such things . " The rapid de- composition of the entire Roman Empire by continuous invasions of barbarians , " Lecky ...
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... industry of the Middle Ages was , in comparison with that of modern times , very simple in its methods . There was ... industrial undertakings were conducted on so small a scale as not to require the use of borrowed capital . Pro ...
... industry of the Middle Ages was , in comparison with that of modern times , very simple in its methods . There was ... industrial undertakings were conducted on so small a scale as not to require the use of borrowed capital . Pro ...
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Page 40 - Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: but I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.
Page 53 - Hereby it is manifest that during the time men live without a common power to keep them all in awe, they are in that condition which is called war; and such a war, as is of every man against every man.
Page 175 - At a certain stage of their development, the material forces of production in society come in conflict with the existing relations of production...
Page 40 - Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you...
Page 55 - The RIGHT OF NATURE, which writers commonly call jus naturale, is the liberty each man hath, to use his own power, as he will himself, for the preservation of his own nature; that is to say, of his own life; and consequently, of doing any thing, which in his own judgment, and reason, he shall conceive to be the aptest means thereunto.
Page 175 - The mode of production in material life determines the general character of the social, political, and spiritual processes of life. It is not the consciousness of men that determines their existence, but, on the contrary, their social existence determines their consciousness.
Page 116 - Evolution is an integration of matter and concomitant dissipation of motion ; during which the matter passes from an indefinite, incoherent homogeneity to a definite, coherent heterogeneity ; and during •which the retained motion undergoes a parallel transformation.
Page 80 - Some truths there are so near and obvious to the mind, that a man need only open his eyes to see them. Such I take this important one to be, to wit, that all the choir of heaven and furniture of the earth, in a word all those bodies which compose the mighty frame of the world, have not any subsistence without a mind...
Page 77 - Secondly, such qualities which in truth are nothing in the objects themselves, but powers to produce various sensations in us by their primary qualities, ie by the bulk, figure, texture, and motion of their insensible parts, as colours, sounds, tastes, &c.
Page 54 - Where there is no common power, there is no law : where no law, no injustice.