The Decay and the Restoration of Civilization, Vol. 1: The Philosophy of Civilization (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Decay and the Restoration of Civilization, Vol. 1: The Philosophy of Civilization

"The Decay and the Restoration of Civilization" is the first part of a complete philosophy of civilization with which I have been occupied since the year 1900.

The second part, entitled "Civilization and Ethics", will appear immediately. The third is called "The World-View of Reverence for Life". The fourth has to do with the civilized State.

That over which I have toiled since 1900 has been finally ripened in the stillness of the primeval forest of Equatorial Africa. There, during the years 1914-17, the clear and definite lines of this philosophy of civilization have been developed.

The first part, "The Decay and the Restoration of Civilization", is a kind of introduction to the philosophy of civilization. It states the problem of civilization.

Entering on the question as to what is the real essential nature of civilization, I come to the pronouncement that this is ultimately ethical.

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