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This is a book of very wide scope embracing all human problems. It is a study of man and the problems of humanity from a scientific, especially a mathematical, point of view. The author makes a plea for the establishment of a " Science and Art of Human Engineering" dealing with human problems not by means of a study of metaphysical essences, but of actual facts, and reduces these facts to mathematical laws. The author attempts to explain social problems by an application of mathematical reasoning and mathematical law. "Engineering is the coordinated sum-total of human knowledge gathered through the ages, with mathematics as its chief instrument and guide."
In his first chapter, the author deals with a new concept of life and makes use of a very interesting mathematical analogy which although in the opinion of the reviewer, somewhat overdrawn, nevertheless serves to bring out in a very striking manner how the progress t>f the social sciences has lagged behind that made by the natural sciences. The second chapter takes up The Childhood of Humanity and shows how metaphysical speculation, selfish political philosophies and sectarian opinions have hindered the progress of the social sciences and thus prolonged the period of humanity's childhood right up to the present day. In the next chapter the author gives an unique classification of the types of life which points out vividly the relation of man to other classes of life and shows how the great importance of man lies in his "time-binding capacity." This classification is fundamental in the development of the author's theory. The entire next chapter is devoted to a systematic inquiry into the nature of man remarkably free from metaphysics and dogma in an attempt to arrive at a scientific understanding of the function and sphere of man. This is perhaps the most important chapter in this important book and the concept here developed by the author is of far-reaching importance in the scientific solution of humanity's problems.
Chapter V. Wealth and Chapter VI. Capitalistic Era, outline the method of approach of the new science of Human Engineering to these fundamental economic problems. The author points out that economic ideas "however false and harmful, are protected alike by habit and by the inborn conservatism of many minds" and how these old ideas hinder the natural growth of our social sciences. These economic problems are attacked in a clear, logical way and an attempt is made to get at fundamental economic concepts, reducing them to mathematical law. This is a practical application of the author's theory to the field of economics. Chapter VII deals with the Survival of the Fittest in a useful way and points out the difference in the way survival works in animals and in men. Chapter VIII, The Elements of Power, endeavors to explain power by mathematical and mechanical methods and takes up the German philosophy of power that had so much to do in bringing on the World War. In Chapter IX, Manhood of Humanity, the author shows that a scientific basis for the study of the social sciences will initiate the Manhood of Humanity, when the social sciences will prevent the energies of man from being wasted by ignorance and selfishness, by competitive conflict characteristic of beasts, but will show that these energies are more than sufficient to produce a high order of increasing prosperity everywhere throughout the world. The author gives a necessarily vague but suggestive outline of a plan for science and art of Human Engineering to guide the large affairs of the new state of humanity's manhood. This state is to be controlled by scientists and not by petty politicians. "The world will have uninterrupted, peaceful progress when and only when the so-called social 'sciences'—the life-regulating 'sciences' of ethics, law, philosophy, economics, religion, politics, and government are technologized; when and only when they are made genuinely scientific in spirit and method."
The book also contains Appendix I which takes up Mathematics and Time-Binding; Appendix II, Biology and Time-Binding; and Appendix III, Engineering and Time-Binding giving a choice bibliography for each appendix.
Manhood of Humanity is a valuable attempt to a true conception of what human beings really are—an attempt to initiate the scientific study of man—a science and art that will know how best to direct the energies of man to the advancement of human welfare. It is written in a clear, logical, stimulating style and the theory advanced by the author will probably arouse much controversy. It is an attack of a very old subject from a new point of view and is a truly remarkable contribution toward the scientific study of humanity and should command the attention of all interested in humanity's problems.
In his first chapter, the author deals with a new concept of life and makes use of a very interesting mathematical analogy which although in the opinion of the reviewer, somewhat overdrawn, nevertheless serves to bring out in a very striking manner how the progress t>f the social sciences has lagged behind that made by the natural sciences. The second chapter takes up The Childhood of Humanity and shows how metaphysical speculation, selfish political philosophies and sectarian opinions have hindered the progress of the social sciences and thus prolonged the period of humanity's childhood right up to the present day. In the next chapter the author gives an unique classification of the types of life which points out vividly the relation of man to other classes of life and shows how the great importance of man lies in his "time-binding capacity." This classification is fundamental in the development of the author's theory. The entire next chapter is devoted to a systematic inquiry into the nature of man remarkably free from metaphysics and dogma in an attempt to arrive at a scientific understanding of the function and sphere of man. This is perhaps the most important chapter in this important book and the concept here developed by the author is of far-reaching importance in the scientific solution of humanity's problems.
Chapter V. Wealth and Chapter VI. Capitalistic Era, outline the method of approach of the new science of Human Engineering to these fundamental economic problems. The author points out that economic ideas "however false and harmful, are protected alike by habit and by the inborn conservatism of many minds" and how these old ideas hinder the natural growth of our social sciences. These economic problems are attacked in a clear, logical way and an attempt is made to get at fundamental economic concepts, reducing them to mathematical law. This is a practical application of the author's theory to the field of economics. Chapter VII deals with the Survival of the Fittest in a useful way and points out the difference in the way survival works in animals and in men. Chapter VIII, The Elements of Power, endeavors to explain power by mathematical and mechanical methods and takes up the German philosophy of power that had so much to do in bringing on the World War. In Chapter IX, Manhood of Humanity, the author shows that a scientific basis for the study of the social sciences will initiate the Manhood of Humanity, when the social sciences will prevent the energies of man from being wasted by ignorance and selfishness, by competitive conflict characteristic of beasts, but will show that these energies are more than sufficient to produce a high order of increasing prosperity everywhere throughout the world. The author gives a necessarily vague but suggestive outline of a plan for science and art of Human Engineering to guide the large affairs of the new state of humanity's manhood. This state is to be controlled by scientists and not by petty politicians. "The world will have uninterrupted, peaceful progress when and only when the so-called social 'sciences'—the life-regulating 'sciences' of ethics, law, philosophy, economics, religion, politics, and government are technologized; when and only when they are made genuinely scientific in spirit and method."
The book also contains Appendix I which takes up Mathematics and Time-Binding; Appendix II, Biology and Time-Binding; and Appendix III, Engineering and Time-Binding giving a choice bibliography for each appendix.
Manhood of Humanity is a valuable attempt to a true conception of what human beings really are—an attempt to initiate the scientific study of man—a science and art that will know how best to direct the energies of man to the advancement of human welfare. It is written in a clear, logical, stimulating style and the theory advanced by the author will probably arouse much controversy. It is an attack of a very old subject from a new point of view and is a truly remarkable contribution toward the scientific study of humanity and should command the attention of all interested in humanity's problems.
Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940016222073 |
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| Publisher: | OGB |
| Publication date: | 02/07/2013 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 699 KB |
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