The Destiny of Man viewed in the Light of his Origin

The Destiny of Man viewed in the Light of his Origin

John Fiske, american philosopher and historian (1842-1901)


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Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- DEDICATION

-03- PREFACE

-04- MAN’S PLACE IN NATURE, AS AFFECTED BY THE COPERNICAN THEORY

-05- MAN’S PLACE IN NATURE, AS AFFECTED BY DARWINISM

-06- ON THE EARTH THERE WILL NEVER BE A HIGHER CREATURE THAN MAN

-07- THE ORIGIN OF INFANCY

-08- THE DAWNING OF CONSCIOUSNESS

-09- LENGTHENING OF INFANCY, AND CONCOMITANT INCREASE OF BRAIN-SURFACE

-10- CHANGE IN THE DIRECTION OF THE WORKING OF NATURAL SELECTION

-11- GROWING PREDOMINANCE OF THE PSYCHICAL LIFE

-12- THE ORIGINS OF SOCIETY AND OF MORALITY

-13- IMPROVABLENESS OF MAN

-14- UNIVERSAL WARFARE OF PRIMEVAL MEN

-15- FIRST CHECKED BY THE BEGINNINGS OF INDUSTRIAL CIVILIZATION

-16- METHODS OF POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT, AND ELIMINATION OF WARFARE

-17- END OF THE WORKING OF NATURAL SELECTION UPON MAN

-18- THE MESSAGE OF CHRISTIANITY

-19- THE QUESTION AS TO A FUTURE LIFE

-20- FOOTNOTES