<p>The primary object of this history is to relate the social problem to the experience of the past and so to help bring about a clearer comprehension of its nature. "The reason," says the author of Erewhon, "why we cannot see the future as plainly as the past is because we know too little of the actual past and the actual present. The future depends upon the present, and the present depends upon the past, and the past is unalterable." It is by studying the past in the light of the experience of the present and the present in the light of the past that we may attain to a fuller understanding both of the present and the past. Certain aspects of industrialism are new to the world, and the past offers us no ready-made solution for them, but to understand them it is necessary to be familiar with Mediaeval principles, for such Mediaeval problems as those of law and currency, of the State and the Guilds, lie behind industrialism and have determined its peculiar development. If we were more familiar with history we should see the problems of industrialism in a truer perspective and would have less disposition to evolve social theories from our inner consciousness. This neglect of the experience of the past is no new thing; it is as old as civilization itself. Thus in criticizing some of the fantastic proposals of Plato for the reorganization of Greek society, Aristotle says: "Let us remember that we should not disregard the experience of the ages; in the multitude of years, these things, if they were good, would certainly not have been unknown; for almost everything has been found out, although sometimes they are not put together; in other cases men do not use the knowledge that they have." [From the Preface]</p>

A Guildsman's Interpretation of History

History

Penty, Arthur J.

World

Agnus Dei Publishing

Incorporating a stunning array of ideas, insights, and interpretations, this remarkable study focuses on 2,000 years of socioeconomic trends—from ancient Greece and Rome through 20th-century Europe. With an attractive and accessible style, important factors and moments of development are highlighted—including the role of the church beyond its spiritual contributions, the introduction of money, the revival of Roman law, the birth of capitalism during the medieval period, and the Industrial Revolution. Tracing the development and decline of the application of Christian morality to economics, this thorough examination offers a candid historical assessment of the pitfalls of modern society and culture.

A Guildsman's Interpretation of History (Military Profiles)

Europe

IHS Press

Guilds Trade and Agriculture

Wentworth Press

<p>As outspoken in his day as Richard Dawkins or Christopher Hitchens are today, American freethinker and author ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL (1833-1899) was a notorious radical whose uncompromising views on religion and slavery (they were bad, in his opinion), women's suffrage (a good idea, he believed), and other contentious matters of his era made him a wildly popular orator and critic of 19th-century American culture and public life. As a speaker dedicated to expanding intellectual horizons and celebrating the value of skepticism, Ingersoll spoke frequently on such topics as atheism, freedom from the pressures of conformity, and the lives of philosophers who espoused such concepts. This collection of his most famous speeches includes the lectures: [ "The Gods" (1872) [ "Humboldt" (1869) [ "Thomas Paine" (1870) [ "Individuality" (1873) [ "Heretics and Heresies" (1874)</p>

The restoration of the gild system

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Post Industrialism

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Business & Money

Economics

Kessinger Publishing

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A Guildsman's Interpretation of History

A Guildsman's Interpretation of History (Military Profiles)

Guilds Trade and Agriculture

The restoration of the gild system

The restoration of the gild system

The restoration of the gild system

The restoration of the gild system

Guilds Trade and Agriculture

Guilds Trade and Agriculture

Post Industrialism