Man : the unknown / by Alexis Carrel.

  • Alexis Carrel
Date:
[1936]
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Credit: Man : the unknown / by Alexis Carrel. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    same dangers as the United States. Humanity’s attention must turn from the machines and the world of inanimate matter to the body and the soul of man, to the organic and mental processes which have created the machines and the universe of Newton and Einstein. The only claim of this book is to put at everyone’s dis- posal an ensemble of scientific data concerning the human beings of our time. We are beginning to realise the weak- ness of our civilisation. Many want to shake off the dogmas imposed upon them by modern society. This book has been written for them, and also for those who are bold enough to understand the necessity, not only of mental, political, and social changes, but of the overthrow of industrial civilisation and of the advent of another conception of human progress. This book is, therefore, dedicated to all whose everyday task is the rearing of children, the forma- tion or the guidance of the individual. To school-teachers, hygienists, physicians, clergymen, social workers, professors, judges, army officers, engineers, economists, politicians, in- dustrial leaders, etc. Also to those who are interested in the mere knowledge of our body and our mind. In short, to every man and every woman. It is offered to all as a simple account of facts revealed about human beings by scientific observation.
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