The Labor enquirer., 1884-11-08
VOLUME IV.---NO. 48.
THE UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC
The Science of Man Applied to
the Social Economic Con-
ditions.
Men Cannot, Act in Concert Unless
they Hare Some Well Defined
Elan.

they Hare Some Well Defined
Elan.
For The Enqtirer.
The Science of Man opens the gates of
Paradise. This science alone can make
us read Alright theflessoDs of past expe-
rtence. 1t alone can interpret the mag
nificent yisipns ef our future destiny.
For within t!he nature of man is the vital
mechanism that produces all the phe.
nomena of societY The science of So
ciety therefore desls with laws which are
part of the nature of man, land this
science can be discovered only by a di-
rect study of his mentai and physical
constitution.
The sosalled social scientists have
simply stueied the masses of men as dis
played in the movements of history.
But that method was as absurd as it
would be to study the outside of q clock
in order to understand how it does the
work of recording hours and minutes
We sho, Id never get at the causes of its
movements unless we looked within and
studied its wheels. and springs. And
these scientists reyer got at the causes
of society. They saw only backwards.
We now propose new method. And
we base tfat msthod upon three self
evident propositions:
First. The object of all institutions in
society is to supply the Collective Wants
of man.
Second! Each want in society has its
direct source, OF producing cause, in a
mental faculty.
+ Third. The structure of society must
therefore include as many officers and
departments as there are groups and fac
ulties in the mind. -
Let us illustrate each of these basic
truths by examples. The faculty of Mem
ory prod duces the collective need of pub
lie records, of schools, and of literature,
Without these, the organ OF Memory
could not be supplied with the knoWl-
edge which we require to use. And If
the organ of Memory did not exist, then
the want could not exist in society. 1t
would have 40 cause; for the mind
would then have no power to store up
knowledge, and these institutions would
thus be of no serviceto MS. From the
mental organs Of Parental and FllIal
love arises the need of family, with its
relation and dependencies. From Ru-
lership comes the need of government,
with public leaders.
The same reasoning applies to all OF
the faculties. Each one of them pro
duces wants which can only be satisfied
through the concerted action OF men,
This concert of action constitutes organic
society. Each faculty has two-toId
action. 1t nay ACT directly upon other
faculties within the brain. This is the
persona al or Individual side of the action.
Secondly, tie faculty acts outwardiy'
producing wants which belong to society
or to man collectively. The actions OF a
normal society are as truly a natural
function of sur faculties as seeing Is
function of the eye, or as breathing is a
functio on of lhe lungs. The arguments
here d re not. based upon analogles oa'
unon the direct and natural functions OF
the m entail faculties of men. Its there
fore>a demonstrated truth that society
has as manv kinds of wants as there are
of facultiesin the human mind.
There is only one way 70 lind out no"
MANY classt.s of these. wants exist IN 80
ciety, Ard that isl by knowing how
MANY groups and faculties it takes to
conpose the mind of man. As the lungs
can only b. satisfied with air, the stom-
ach by food, and the eye by light so
each mental organ has wants OF only one
kind The organ of Friendship can only
be satisfied by friends, that OF integrity
by lust conduct, and that OF Reason by
scientific truth.
p Men cannot act in concert unless they
have some well defined method or pian.
When men organize any kind fan asso-
c;atiop. whether it be literary society
ora civil government, they must nave
.Ls orr,n ne the common instruments
through which they may act together'
These socletary organs they call officers
Each oneIof them'is intended to repre-
cont soma want of the society, and to
lea A the members IN the effort to supply
that wait. This method is perfectis
natural 1t is, indeed, based upon a law
lido as the universe. For all action
in nature takes place around oentters.
Il is thus a mathematical necessity that
the action of society must turn upon the
centers or officers. But it is not neces-
sary to ct,nfer arbitrary power upon these
social ceaters. The axle or hub OF a
wheel hs.s no more arbitrary power than
its circumference. or than one OF Its
spokes.
The organs of the brain adj radlate
from two centers. These eenters pro,
duce the idea of the unity of many dlfi
ferent kinds of parts in concerted action
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