Table of Contents

1: Introduction; 2: Development; 3: The Characteristics of Man; 4: European Man; 5: The European Tradition; 6: Europe after 1600; 7: The Twentieth Century; 8: Nine Thinkers I: Heraclitus, Plato, Paul, Kepler, Descartes; 9: Nine Thinkers II: Spinoza, Goethe, Marx, Freud; 10: Unitary Man; 11: The World Trend

About the Author

Lancelot Law Whyte (1896-1972) was a physicist, business manager, and philosopher. His other books include Critique of Physics, Focus and Diversions, and Everyman Looks Forward. Gary David is co-founder with Brian Rothery of Philosphere Publishers and currently has a counseling/consulting practice and conducts classes and seminars on epistemics (applied epistemology). Brian Rothery is public affairs manager for Ireland's Science and Technology Agency. He is the author of The Art of Systems Analysis, The Myth of the Computer, and Survival by Competence.