Project Gutenberg 2017-08-14 Public domain in the USA. 146 Blackie, John Stuart 1809 1895 Blackie, J. Stuart What Does History Teach? Two Edinburgh Lectures I. The state -- II. The church. Produced by David Thomas "What Does History Teach?" by John Stuart Blackie is a collection of philosophical lectures written in the late 19th century. The work exerts a deep examination of the nature of humanity, society, and the lessons history imparts, particularly regarding the structures of the state and the church. Blackie explores the evolution of human societies, emphasizing the roles of invention, progression, and the significance of family in historical contexts. The opening of the text lays a foundational argument that human beings are defined by their ability to innovate and progress, contrasting this with animals which function predictably. Blackie argues that history reveals man as a species that aspires to ideals, shapes societies based on familial units, and evolves through interactions that undermine simplistic primal structures. He discusses three social platforms—prehistoric, pastoral, and agricultural—and the transformational role these stages have on societal organization, while also noting the importance of authority, particularly familial authority, in forming the basis for later political systems. The early sections foreshadow the more extensive exploration of state and church dynamics that follow in the lectures. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 33.4 (College-level). Difficult to read. en History Political science Church and state D Text Category: History - Other Category: Philosophy & Ethics 159531 2025-07-22T07:03:55.702333 text/html 135692 2024-10-23T02:31:06 text/html 138244 2025-07-22T07:03:57.902340 application/epub+zip 139789 2025-07-22T07:03:56.094331 application/epub+zip 130883 2025-07-22T07:03:55.868338 application/epub+zip 194541 2025-07-22T07:03:59.628336 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 175562 2025-07-22T07:03:57.711349 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 170687 2022-08-25T04:28:19.322693 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 149203 2025-07-22T07:03:55.578361 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 129462 2024-10-23T02:31:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16683 2025-07-22T07:03:59.749308 application/rdf+xml 4808 2025-07-22T07:03:55.965346 image/jpeg 1405 2025-07-22T07:03:55.915357 image/jpeg 134164 2025-07-22T07:03:55.717355 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