Excerpt from The Decay and the Restoration of Civilization, Vol. 1: The Philosophy of Civilization The Decay and the Restoration of Civiliza tion is the first part of a complete philosophy of civilization with which I have been occupied since the year 1900. The second part, entitled Civilization and Ethics will appear immediately. The third is called The world-view Of Reverence for Life. The fourth has to do with the civilized State. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.