Each Individual In A Society Is A

The Basis Of Social Relationships Is Reciprocity: If You Cooperate With Others, Others Will Cooperate With You.

The Social Sciences Are Usually Concerned With Groups Of Persons Rather Than Individual Persons. The Behavior Of Individuals, Being Free, Is Unpredictable.

Western Civilization Presents One Of The Most Difficult Tasks For Historical Analysis, Because It Is Not Yet Finished, Because We Are A Part Of It And Lack Perspective, And Because It Presents Considerable Variation From Our Pattern Of Historical Change.

When We Approach History, We Are Dealing With A Conglomeration Of Irrational Continua. Those Who Deal With History By Nonrational Processes Are The Ones Who Make History, The Actors In It.

The Hope For The Twentieth Century Rests On Recognition That War And Depression Are Man-made, And Needless. They Can Be Avoided In The Future By Turning From The Nineteenth-century Characteristics Just Mentioned (materialism, Selfishness, False Values, Hypocrisy, And Secret Vices) And Going Back To Other Characteristics That Our Western Society Has Always Regarded As Virtues: Generosity, Compassion, Cooperation, Rationality, And Foresight, And Finding A Increased Role In Human Life For Love, Spirituality, Charity, And Self Discipline.