Publisher's Synopsis
A study of the various steps in social evolution, which, with the present interest in the discussion of fundamental problems of social organization and functions, should attract the most general attention.Briefly outlined, Dr. Patten's social theories rest upon the assumption that the progressive development of organic life on this planet has been in its later phases the result of the development of a more and more refined mental organism, the parts of which have been in turn the "requisites for survival," as the organism adapted itself to increasingly complex environments.The monograph is divided into five parts, which treat respectively of "The Influence of the Environment," "Race Psychology," "Knowledge and Belief," "A Social Commonwealth," and "Normal Progress.""This monograph will attract much attention." -"N. Y. Press.""An attempt to carry the whole of science up to a higher unity in the field of ultimate philosophy." -"Acta Victorians," Toronto.
