Excerpt from Foundations of PyschiatryMany of the perplexing problems in the World today are the results of attempts to regulate society on the basis of what man is supposed to be.Practically very little is actually known about man as he is, yet laws are drafted and adopted, and proposals to regulate international relations and to direct the course of civilization are made, based upon the old purely imaginative conceptions of the forces shaping human character.Ideals of social progress and hopes for international peace can only be changed from visions of wishful thinkers into plans capable of being realized by modifying cherished ideals to meet the actual biological needs of mankind.In this volume, for which I have been privileged to write an introduction, the author, Dr. White, has pointed out what information is available for preparing the foundations of a science of human character. He has emphasized the driving power of the instinctive life, traced the genesis of impulses, and has pointed out some of the prejudices and fixed ideas that are responsible for so much of the chaos in the World. This presentation should be useful not only to physicians interested in trying to check the spread of nervous and mental diseases, that have become one of the greatest menaces to civilization, but to all the great army of earnest people now engaged in efforts to promote peace and to reorganize society.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com