Abstract
“THE city,” said Aristotle, “exists for the sake of the good life.” But only by the good life is the ideal city, the perfect state, to be realised. In other words, social organisation is necessary for individual achievement, but individual achievement reacts creatively upon the social organisation. Mr. Victor Branford, one of the founders of the Sociological Society, has with his spiritual father, Prof. Geddes, done much to illustrate this essential interaction, and still more to infuse a sense of enthusiasm into our appreciation of it. He shows in these lectures the spirit of the medieval guildsmen, who knew themselves to be citizens of no mean city. On their work and ideals he writes a delightful and instructive essay.
Interpretations and Forecasts: a Study of Survivals and Tendencies in Contemporary Society.
By Victor Branford. Pp. v + 411. (London: Duckworth and Co., 1914.) Price 7s. 6d. net.
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CRAWLEY, A. Interpretations and Forecasts: a Study of Survivals and Tendencies in Contemporary Society . Nature 93, 401 (1914). https://doi.org/10.1038/093401a0
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