The decay and the restoration of civilization
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About This Book
Albert Schweitzer's social and ethical philosophy is best expressed in The Philosophy of Civilization. Not widely available in recent years, this edition will give contemporary readers the opportunity to discover his prophetic thought. In Book I, The Decay and Restoration of Civilization, Schweitzer argues that the essential feature of every culture is its world view, and that a culture can be healthy and stable only as its world view is optimistic and ethical. Without this outlook, it is impossible to avoid the world's destruction. In Book II, Civilization and Ethics, he reviews the world's m...
Chapters (14)
- AUTHOR’S PREFACE
- THE DECAY AND THE RESTORATION OF CIVILIZATION
- CHAPTER I
- HOW PHILOSOPHY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COLLAPSE OF CIVILIZATION
- CHAPTER II
- HINDRANCES TO CIVILIZATION IN OUR ECONOMIC AND SPIRITUAL LIFE
- CHAPTER III
- CIVILIZATION ESSENTIALLY ETHICAL IN CHARACTER
- CHAPTER IV
- THE WAY TO THE RESTORATION OF CIVILIZATION
- CHAPTER V
- CIVILIZATION AND THEORIES OF THE UNIVERSE
- FOOTNOTES
- TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES
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