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Alfred Korzybski. Manhood of Humanity
Manhood of Humanity
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter I. Introduction. Method and Processes of Approach to a New Concept of Life
Chapter II. Childhood of Humanity
Chapter III. Classes of Life
Chapter IV. What Is Man?
Chapter V. Wealth
Chapter VI. Capitalistic Era
Chapter VII. Survival of the Fittest
Chapter VIII. Elements Of Power
Chapter IX. Manhood Of Humanity
Chapter X. Conclusion
Appendix I. Mathematics And Time-Binding
(1) The purely mathematical foundation:
Russell, Bertrand
Whitehead, Alfred N
(2) The physicist's point of view:
Poincaré, Henri
(3) The human, civilizing, practical life, point of view:
Keyser, Cassius J
Appendix II. Biology And Time-Binding
Appendix III. Engineering And Time-Binding
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Alfred Korzybski
Published by Good Press, 2020
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I hope I have not given the impression, by repeated allusion to mathematical science, that this book is to be in any technical sense a mathematical treatise. I have merely wished to indicate that the task is conceived and undertaken in the mathematical spirit, which must be the guiding spirit of Human Engineering; for no thought, if it be non-mathematical in spirit, can be trusted, and, although mathematicians sometimes make mistakes, the spirit of mathematics is always right and always sound.
Whilst I do not intend to trouble the reader with any highly technical mathematical arguments, there are a few simple mathematical considerations which [pg 015] anyone of fair education can understand, which are of exceedingly great importance for our purpose, and to which, therefore, I ask the reader's best attention. One of the ideas is that of an arithmetical progression; another one is that of a geometrical progression. Neither of them involves anything more difficult than the most ordinary arithmetic of the secondary school or the counting house, but it will be seen that they throw a flood of light upon many of the most important human concerns.
