The Triorganic Social Organism: An Exposition of the Embryonal Points of the Social Question in the Life-Necessities of the Present and Future
FOREWORD AS TO THE PURPOSE OF THIS BOOK
The social life of the present day propounds grave and far-reaching problems. We are faced with demands for new forms of social structure. Confronted by these demands, we become aware that the solution of these problems must be sought along paths that have hitherto not been thought of. On the strength of existing facts, perhaps there may today be a chance for him to obtain a hearing, whose experience of life convinces him that the present chaos is due to lack of thought — is due to this very failure to think out roads that have become necessary. The arguments of the following work are based upon such a conviction. Their object is to indicate what must be done in order to turn the demands that are today, put forward by a great portion of mankind toward the direction of a social purpose that is resolute and conscious of its goal.
Whether these demands are agreeable to this person or that ought to have but little influence in forming such a resolve. These demands exist, and they have to be reckoned with as facts of social life. This must be remembered by those who, because of their personal position in life, may be inclined to be displeased with the way in which the writer speaks when dealing with the demands of the working class ; because, from their point of view, he lays too exclusive an emphasis on these demands as something to be taken into account in forming a social purpose. But the writer is talking of the life around us today in all its actuality, in so far as his experience of it enables him to speak. He sees clearly the terrible consequences that must ensue if people persist in ignoring those undeniable facts which have actually arisen out of the life of modern humanity, and if they accordingly will have nothing to do with a social purpose which recognizes these facts.
Those persons who regard themselves as experts in practical life — or what, under the influence of fond habit, has come to be considered as practical life, will also, at first reading, be dissatisfied with the author's remarks. They will opine that these pages are not written by a practical person. These are just the people who, in the author's opinion, will radically have to change their ideas. For it seems to him that their practice of life is the very thing which has been shown to be a mistake by the facts which mankind has been forced to experience in our time. Their co-called practice is proven by the facts of life to be the very mistake which has led to such boundlessly disastrous consequences. They will have to recognize that many things must be accepted as practical which to them seem impossible idealism. They may think that the basis of this book is wrong because a good deal is said in its first pages about spiritual and mental life of modern mankind, and not so much about the economic life. The author's experience, however, forces him to hold that the old blunders will only be succeeded by endless new ones unless people make up their minds to pay proper attention to what is going on in the minds and spirits of the men of today.
Neither will what the writer says in this book find much favor with those who, under various forms, keep on reiterating the old phrases, that men must rise above their devotion to merely material interests, and turn to ideals and to the things of the spirit. For the author does not attach much value to mere talk about the spirit, to speeches about a vague spiritual world. The only kind of spirituality which he is able to recognize is that which forms the content of the actual life of men, and which shows itself no less active in mastering the practical tasks of life than in constructing a philosophy of the universe and of existence capable of satisfying the needs of the soul....
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The social life of the present day propounds grave and far-reaching problems. We are faced with demands for new forms of social structure. Confronted by these demands, we become aware that the solution of these problems must be sought along paths that have hitherto not been thought of. On the strength of existing facts, perhaps there may today be a chance for him to obtain a hearing, whose experience of life convinces him that the present chaos is due to lack of thought — is due to this very failure to think out roads that have become necessary. The arguments of the following work are based upon such a conviction. Their object is to indicate what must be done in order to turn the demands that are today, put forward by a great portion of mankind toward the direction of a social purpose that is resolute and conscious of its goal.
Whether these demands are agreeable to this person or that ought to have but little influence in forming such a resolve. These demands exist, and they have to be reckoned with as facts of social life. This must be remembered by those who, because of their personal position in life, may be inclined to be displeased with the way in which the writer speaks when dealing with the demands of the working class ; because, from their point of view, he lays too exclusive an emphasis on these demands as something to be taken into account in forming a social purpose. But the writer is talking of the life around us today in all its actuality, in so far as his experience of it enables him to speak. He sees clearly the terrible consequences that must ensue if people persist in ignoring those undeniable facts which have actually arisen out of the life of modern humanity, and if they accordingly will have nothing to do with a social purpose which recognizes these facts.
Those persons who regard themselves as experts in practical life — or what, under the influence of fond habit, has come to be considered as practical life, will also, at first reading, be dissatisfied with the author's remarks. They will opine that these pages are not written by a practical person. These are just the people who, in the author's opinion, will radically have to change their ideas. For it seems to him that their practice of life is the very thing which has been shown to be a mistake by the facts which mankind has been forced to experience in our time. Their co-called practice is proven by the facts of life to be the very mistake which has led to such boundlessly disastrous consequences. They will have to recognize that many things must be accepted as practical which to them seem impossible idealism. They may think that the basis of this book is wrong because a good deal is said in its first pages about spiritual and mental life of modern mankind, and not so much about the economic life. The author's experience, however, forces him to hold that the old blunders will only be succeeded by endless new ones unless people make up their minds to pay proper attention to what is going on in the minds and spirits of the men of today.
Neither will what the writer says in this book find much favor with those who, under various forms, keep on reiterating the old phrases, that men must rise above their devotion to merely material interests, and turn to ideals and to the things of the spirit. For the author does not attach much value to mere talk about the spirit, to speeches about a vague spiritual world. The only kind of spirituality which he is able to recognize is that which forms the content of the actual life of men, and which shows itself no less active in mastering the practical tasks of life than in constructing a philosophy of the universe and of existence capable of satisfying the needs of the soul....
The Triorganic Social Organism: An Exposition of the Embryonal Points of the Social Question in the Life-Necessities of the Present and Future
FOREWORD AS TO THE PURPOSE OF THIS BOOK
The social life of the present day propounds grave and far-reaching problems. We are faced with demands for new forms of social structure. Confronted by these demands, we become aware that the solution of these problems must be sought along paths that have hitherto not been thought of. On the strength of existing facts, perhaps there may today be a chance for him to obtain a hearing, whose experience of life convinces him that the present chaos is due to lack of thought — is due to this very failure to think out roads that have become necessary. The arguments of the following work are based upon such a conviction. Their object is to indicate what must be done in order to turn the demands that are today, put forward by a great portion of mankind toward the direction of a social purpose that is resolute and conscious of its goal.
Whether these demands are agreeable to this person or that ought to have but little influence in forming such a resolve. These demands exist, and they have to be reckoned with as facts of social life. This must be remembered by those who, because of their personal position in life, may be inclined to be displeased with the way in which the writer speaks when dealing with the demands of the working class ; because, from their point of view, he lays too exclusive an emphasis on these demands as something to be taken into account in forming a social purpose. But the writer is talking of the life around us today in all its actuality, in so far as his experience of it enables him to speak. He sees clearly the terrible consequences that must ensue if people persist in ignoring those undeniable facts which have actually arisen out of the life of modern humanity, and if they accordingly will have nothing to do with a social purpose which recognizes these facts.
Those persons who regard themselves as experts in practical life — or what, under the influence of fond habit, has come to be considered as practical life, will also, at first reading, be dissatisfied with the author's remarks. They will opine that these pages are not written by a practical person. These are just the people who, in the author's opinion, will radically have to change their ideas. For it seems to him that their practice of life is the very thing which has been shown to be a mistake by the facts which mankind has been forced to experience in our time. Their co-called practice is proven by the facts of life to be the very mistake which has led to such boundlessly disastrous consequences. They will have to recognize that many things must be accepted as practical which to them seem impossible idealism. They may think that the basis of this book is wrong because a good deal is said in its first pages about spiritual and mental life of modern mankind, and not so much about the economic life. The author's experience, however, forces him to hold that the old blunders will only be succeeded by endless new ones unless people make up their minds to pay proper attention to what is going on in the minds and spirits of the men of today.
Neither will what the writer says in this book find much favor with those who, under various forms, keep on reiterating the old phrases, that men must rise above their devotion to merely material interests, and turn to ideals and to the things of the spirit. For the author does not attach much value to mere talk about the spirit, to speeches about a vague spiritual world. The only kind of spirituality which he is able to recognize is that which forms the content of the actual life of men, and which shows itself no less active in mastering the practical tasks of life than in constructing a philosophy of the universe and of existence capable of satisfying the needs of the soul....
The social life of the present day propounds grave and far-reaching problems. We are faced with demands for new forms of social structure. Confronted by these demands, we become aware that the solution of these problems must be sought along paths that have hitherto not been thought of. On the strength of existing facts, perhaps there may today be a chance for him to obtain a hearing, whose experience of life convinces him that the present chaos is due to lack of thought — is due to this very failure to think out roads that have become necessary. The arguments of the following work are based upon such a conviction. Their object is to indicate what must be done in order to turn the demands that are today, put forward by a great portion of mankind toward the direction of a social purpose that is resolute and conscious of its goal.
Whether these demands are agreeable to this person or that ought to have but little influence in forming such a resolve. These demands exist, and they have to be reckoned with as facts of social life. This must be remembered by those who, because of their personal position in life, may be inclined to be displeased with the way in which the writer speaks when dealing with the demands of the working class ; because, from their point of view, he lays too exclusive an emphasis on these demands as something to be taken into account in forming a social purpose. But the writer is talking of the life around us today in all its actuality, in so far as his experience of it enables him to speak. He sees clearly the terrible consequences that must ensue if people persist in ignoring those undeniable facts which have actually arisen out of the life of modern humanity, and if they accordingly will have nothing to do with a social purpose which recognizes these facts.
Those persons who regard themselves as experts in practical life — or what, under the influence of fond habit, has come to be considered as practical life, will also, at first reading, be dissatisfied with the author's remarks. They will opine that these pages are not written by a practical person. These are just the people who, in the author's opinion, will radically have to change their ideas. For it seems to him that their practice of life is the very thing which has been shown to be a mistake by the facts which mankind has been forced to experience in our time. Their co-called practice is proven by the facts of life to be the very mistake which has led to such boundlessly disastrous consequences. They will have to recognize that many things must be accepted as practical which to them seem impossible idealism. They may think that the basis of this book is wrong because a good deal is said in its first pages about spiritual and mental life of modern mankind, and not so much about the economic life. The author's experience, however, forces him to hold that the old blunders will only be succeeded by endless new ones unless people make up their minds to pay proper attention to what is going on in the minds and spirits of the men of today.
Neither will what the writer says in this book find much favor with those who, under various forms, keep on reiterating the old phrases, that men must rise above their devotion to merely material interests, and turn to ideals and to the things of the spirit. For the author does not attach much value to mere talk about the spirit, to speeches about a vague spiritual world. The only kind of spirituality which he is able to recognize is that which forms the content of the actual life of men, and which shows itself no less active in mastering the practical tasks of life than in constructing a philosophy of the universe and of existence capable of satisfying the needs of the soul....
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| ISBN-13: | 9781663531308 |
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| Publisher: | Barnes & Noble Press |
| Publication date: | 07/11/2020 |
| Pages: | 142 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.33(d) |
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