Project Gutenberg 2013-11-02 Public domain in the USA. 388 Carpenter, Edward 1844 1929 Civilisation: Its Cause and Cure; and Other Essays Civilization: Its Cause and Cure Preface to complete edition -- Civilisation: its cause and cure -- Modern science: a criticism -- The science of the future: a forecast -- Defence of criminals: a criticism of morality -- Exfoliation: Lamarck versus Darwin -- Custom -- A rational and human science -- The new morality -- Appendix: being notes on some of the characteristics and customs of pre-civilised peoples. Produced by Chris Curnow, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Civilisation: Its Cause and Cure; and Other Essays" by Edward Carpenter is a critical examination of societal constructs written in the late 19th century. The work reflects on the state of civilization, suggesting it may be a disease that humanity must traverse, positing that civilizations have historically succumbed to various ailments and that true health may be rediscovered by returning to more primitive ways of living. Through essays that explore the nature of society, science, and morality, Carpenter argues for a new understanding of what constitutes human well-being. The opening of the volume presents a thought-provoking preface where Carpenter recalls the reception of his initial work, "Civilisation," which was delivered as a lecture to the Fabian Society. He suggests that civilization, once viewed as an ideal condition, has instead shown itself to be fraught with disease-like symptoms, including social discord and individualism, which detracts from the unity of human nature. Carpenter poignantly asserts that the physical and mental struggles of modern society indicate a need for re-evaluation and a potential reversion back to a state more closely aligned with nature, advocating for a deeper examination of personal and collective health as humanity moves forward. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/44094/44094-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 49.4 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Science Evolution Crime Civilization HM Text Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: Philosophy & Ethics Category: Sociology 519162 2025-08-17T16:48:04.533948 text/html 505798 2024-10-23T19:28:23 text/html 299941 2025-08-17T16:48:10.473886 application/epub+zip 303320 2025-08-17T16:48:05.493904 application/epub+zip 276314 2025-08-17T16:48:05.008915 application/epub+zip 443911 2025-08-17T16:48:14.532863 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 396582 2025-08-17T16:48:09.970933 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 371258 2022-09-20T06:42:01.681509 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 472431 2025-08-17T16:48:03.877957 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 452481 2024-10-23T19:28:23 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17879 2025-08-17T16:48:14.717887 application/rdf+xml 17966 2025-08-17T16:48:05.107909 image/jpeg 2071 2025-08-17T16:48:05.056909 image/jpeg 277870 2025-08-17T16:48:04.583002 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia