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3. Absence of ethical influences in social polity— Suicide and 

 the conditions of social life — These conditions do not bear 

 witness to ethical influences - ... 386-414 



Appendices . - - - 415-417 



PART III 

 THE ACTUAL CONDITIONS OF SOCIAL SELECTION 



CHAPTER I 

 The Biological and Traditional Factors op Race Pboosess 



1. The tendency to an ever -greater multiplication of life is not with. 



out producing an antagonism between individuation and genesis 

 — ^The division of labour implies a subordination of the indi- 

 vidual to the species — This subordination fittingly illustrated 

 by the phenomenon of death — Perfection is a relative idea, which 

 must be understood with reference to a given environment — 

 The tendency towards perfection signifies, in evolution, the 

 tendency to an ever more complete adaptation — The immediate 

 end in social evolution must be subordinate to the ultimate 

 end — ^This ultimate end must be the economy of social force 

 and the integration of society — Insufficiency of social integration 

 at the present time — ^Necessity for the individual of a supra- 

 individual aim and sanction. 



2. States whose evolution does not tend to the biological and 



traditional superiority of the societies composing them will be 

 vanquished in the struggle for existence by the States whose 

 evolution does thus conduce to social welfare — The breaking 

 of the bonds of traditional t5rraimy by primitive peoples is a 

 proof of their superior capacity for adaptation — Social polity 

 remains identical as long as the environment remains identical 

 — The adaptability of the Japanese — ^The social polity of a State 

 must be guided by reference to the evolution of other States, 

 and also by reference to the shifting of the balance of power 

 among the different elements of its own population — Dangers 

 of class legislation — Traditional progress is conditioned by bio- 

 logical progress 421-448 



