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The Discovery Of The Future

The Discovery Of The Future

Wells, H. G.

Paperback

PhilosophyGeneral World History

ISBN10: 1541168496
ISBN13: 9781541168497
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Dec 16 2016
Pages: 40
Weight: 0.15
Height: 0.08 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
The Discovery of the Future is a 1902 philosophical lecture by H. G. Wells that argues for the knowability of the future. It was originally delivered to the Royal Institution on January 24, 1902. Before appearing in book form, it was published by Richard Gregory in Nature on February 6, 1902, and was also published as part of the Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution. Wells begins by distinguishing between two divergent types of mind, one that judges and attaches importance principally to what has happened in the past and one that judges and attaches importance principally to what will happen in the future. To the former he attributes the adjectives legal or submissive, passive, and oriental, and to the latter the adjectives legislative, creative, organizing, or masterful, and active, calling it a more modern and much less abundant type of mind. Wells argues that not only has science made us knowledgeable about a distant, impersonal past, it also regards the ability successfully to predict to be a criterion of validity. Though the unpredictability of human behavior complicates the problem, the fact that as individuals increase in number they begin to average out means that an inductive knowledge of a great number of things in the future is becoming a human possibility. Wells devotes the last part of his text to speculations about the question what is to come after man, considering it the most persistently fascinating and the most insoluble question in the whole world. He concludes with a statement of personal faith in the coherency and purpose in the world and in the greatness of human destiny. Each RADLEY CLASSIC is a meticulously restored, luxurious and faithful reproduction of a classic book; produced with elegant text layout, clarity of presentation, and stylistic features that make reading a true pleasure. Special attention is given to legible fonts and adequate letter sizing, correct line length for readability, generous margins and triple lead (lavish line separation); plus we do not allow any mistakes/changes/ additions to creep into the author's words. Visit: www.radleybooks.com

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