Prometheus Is Reaching Out For

We Find In The History Of Ideas Mutations Which Do Not Seem To Correspond To Any Obvious Need, And At First Sight Appear As Mere Playful Whimsies Such As Apollonius' Work On Conic Sections, Or The Non-euclidean Geometries, Whose Practical Value Became Apparent Only Later.

The Disastrous History Of Our Species Indicates The Futility Of All Attempts At A Diagnosis Which Do Not Take Into Account The Possibility That Homo Sapiens Is A Victim Of One Of Evolution's Countless Mistakes.

...the Crimes Of Violence Committed For Selfish, Personal Motives Are Historically Insignificant Compared To Those Committed Ad Majorem Gloriam Dei, Out Of A Self-sacrificing Devotion To The Flag, A Leader, A Religeous Faith Or Political Conviction.

The Evolution Of The Brain Not Only Overshot The Needs Of Prehistoric Man, It Is The Only Example Of Evolution Providing A Species With An Organ Which It Does Not Know How To Use.

In The Index To The Six Hundred Odd Pages Of Arnold Toynbee's A Study Of History, Abridged Version, The Names Of Copernicus, Galileo, Descartes And Newton Do Not Occur Yet Their Cosmic Quest Destroyed The Medieval Vision Of An Immutable Social Order In A Walled-in Universe And Transformed The European Landscape, Society, Culture, Habits And General Outlook, As Thoroughly As If A New Species Had Arisen On This Planet.