Western Clarion
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issued: 2016-07-19
issued: 1912-02-24
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note: WESTERN OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY THE SOCIALIST PARTY OP CANADA CLARI PUBLISHED IN THE INTERESTS OF THE WORKING CLASS ALONE NUMBER 656 VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1912 Subscription Price Al AA SCIENCE OF SOCIALISM AND LAWS OF EVOLUTION Sot g Observations On the Law of Motion as Relating Jo the Growth and Development of Human f i Society. I c 1 i A jr ural law ts a generalization of mlt gives us "character.". Can we obs 5 d facts showing the necessary an<; gular relation* between them. Th stiflcatlon of a natural law Is, p firstly, our inability to think the opposite, and, secondly, its consistency with other natural laws. Newton's first law of motion says: think of any factor other than temperament and environment which hetps to determine character? (6) "The structure and functions of the social organism determined by the characters of its units." This is equivalent to saying that 'A body continues in a state of rest, the institution and actions of society or of motion in a straight line, unless are the result of the actions of all the It Is acted on by some force." , units. Society is impersonal, and the We are bound to accept this law changes in structure and function are because we cannot conceive the oppo-jdue to the efforts of each unit to sat- ,site. We cannot think of a body as isfy his desires in the most convenient being at rest and beginning to move without thinking of the force which moves lt. And also we cannot think of a body as moving in a straight way. Every individual, although his character is molded by circumstances, has some effect on the society which produces him. If the form of society line and then changing its course as ja not determined by the sum total coming to rest without also thinking of Its constituents, then by what is of the force which causes it to do it determined? so. Applying the second test, we find thfs law is in harmony with the other laws of physics. And so In every science we have Having dealt with each…
note: Titled The Western Clarion from June 18, 1904 to June 1, 1907; titled Western Clarion thereafter.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Vancouver (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0318962
language: English
lat: 49.2611110
long: -123.1138890
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Vancouver, B.C. : The Western Socialist Publishing Co., Limited
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
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