The Mind and Society, Vol. 4: Trattato Di Sociologia Generale; The General Form of Society (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The Mind and Society, Vol. 4: Trattato Di Sociologia Generale; The General Form of Society2061. These elements are not independent: for the most part, they are interdependent. Among them, morever, are to be classed such forces as tend to prevent dissolution, ruin, in societies that endure. When, therefore, a society is organized under a certain form that is determined by the other elements, it acts in its turn upon them, and they, in that sense, are to be considered as in a state of interdepend ence with it. Something of the sort is observable in animal organ isms. The form of the organs determines the kind Of life the animal leads, but that manner of living in its turn has its influence upon the organs 2088.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.