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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
The understanding of history can be advanced only by the
combination or alternation, of analysis and synthesis. Detailed
research and generalizing survey are not antiethical but
complementary. For a long time, however, the specialist has reigned
supreme in our schools. The need is now, surely, for a return to
synoptic writing. The present work was undertaken to supply the
need of a synthesis. It is a map of a large region, not a
geological chart of a square mile or the plan of a single city. Its
value, if any, lies in its view of the interrelations of large
tracts of social and intellectual life, not in the intensive
investigation of narrow fields.
The best excuse for writing the history of anything is the
intrinsic interest of the subject. Most men of past generations
have thought, and many men still think, of politics as the warp and
woof of social life. History for a long time therefore treated
chiefly politics. Then came the economists to arouse the interest
of scholars and of the public in the production and distribution of
wealth. Economic history rightly absorbs much attention, for it
illumines, with its new searchlight, many a dark corner of the
past, and explains many features of present-day society. But to
many men today the most interesting thing about society is its
culture; just as the most interesting thing about an individual is
his thought. Indeed, it has begun to be suspected that even
politics and economics, each sometimes worshipped as a First Cause,
are but secondary effects of something still deeper, namely, of the
progress of man's intellectual life. The present volume aims to
exhibit, as a unified whole, the state and progress of modern
culture.
The best excuse for writing the history of anything is the
intrinsic interest of the subject. Most men of past generations
have thought, and many men still think, of politics as the warp and
woof of social life. History for a long time therefore treated
chiefly politics. Then came the economists to arouse the interest
of scholars and of the public in the production and distribution of
wealth. Economic history rightly absorbs much attention, for it
illumines, with its new searchlight, many a dark corner of the
past, and explains many features of present-day society. But to
many men today the most interesting thing about society is its
culture; just as the most interesting thing about an individual is
his thought. Indeed, it has begun to be suspected that even
politics and economics, each sometimes worshipped as a First Cause,
are but secondary effects of somthing still deeper, namely, of the
progress of man's intellectual life. The present volume aims to
exhibit, as a unified whole, thestate and progress of modern
culture.
The understanding of history can be advanced only by the
combination or alternation, of analysis and synthesis. Detailed
research and generalizing survey are not antiethical but
complementary. For a long time, however, the specialist has reigned
supreme in our schools. The need is now, surely, for a return to
synoptic writing. The present work was undertaken to supply the
need of a synthesis. It is a map of a large region, not a
geological chart of a square mile or the plan of a single city. Its
value, if any, lies in its view of the interrelations of large
tracts of social and intellectual life, not in the intensive
investigation of narrow fields.
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