CHAPTER VII 

 FIRST LAWS OF THE SCIENCE OF POWER 



WHEN the mind of the West comes to grasp 

 in all its far-reaching applications the fact 

 that the Science of Power in the social 

 integration is the science of directing the collective 

 will over long stretches of time to definite ends 

 through the emotion of the ideal, it will be the 

 first step to a new order of civilization. It is 

 desirable therefore to look in the face some of the 

 controlling facts which lie behind this cardinal 

 position. 



In concentrating attention on the subject of 

 Power, it is necessary for me to ask the reader's 

 attention at this point for a matter which is funda- 

 mental. From the beginning of knowledge, the 

 human mind has been exercised in seeking the 

 answer to the question What is Truth ? Strange 

 as the fact may appear, this question has carried 

 the West into many long eras of stress and violence. 

 Throughout all the changing phases of these periods 

 of development, there has been a position which 



