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THE INEQUALITY OF HUMAN RACES

BY ARTHUR DE GOBINEAU

TRANSLATED BY ADRIAN COLLINS, M.A.

INTRODUCTION BY DR. OSCAR LEVY, EDITOR OF THE AUTHORISED ENGLISH VERSION OF NIETZSCHE'S WORKS

WILLIAM HEINEMANN LONDON MCMXV

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CONTENTS

CHAP.   PAGE
INTRODUCTION vii
FROM THE AUTHOR'S DEDICATION xi
AUTHOR'S PREFACE xvii
I. THE MORTAL DISEASE OF CIVILIZATIONS AND SOCIETIES PROCEEDS FROM GENERAL CAUSES COMMON TO THEM ALL 1
II. FANATICISM, LUXURY, CORRUPTION OF MORALS, AND IRRELIGION DO NOT NECESSARILY LEAD TO THE FALL OF SOCIETIES 7
III. THE RELATIVE MERIT OF GOVERNMENTS HAS NO INFLUENCE ON THE LENGTH OF A NATION'S LIFE 19
IV. THE MEANING OF THE WORD "DEGENERATION"; THE MIXTURE OF RACIAL ELEMENTS; HOW SOCIETIES ARE FORMED AND BROKEN UP 23
V. RACIAL INEQUALITY IS NOT THE RESULT OF INSTITUTIONS 36
VI. NATIONS, WHETHER PROGRESSING OR STAGNATING ARE INDEPENDENT OF THE REGIONS IN WHICH THEY LIVE 54
VII. CHRISTIANITY NEITHER CREATES NOR CHANGES THE CAPACITY FOR CIVILIZATION 63
VIII. DEFINITION OF THE WORD "CIVILIZATION"; SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT HAS A TWO-FOLD ORIGIN 77
IX. DEFINITION OF THE WORD "CIVILIZATION" (continued); DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTICS OF CIVILIZED SOCIETIES; OUR CIVILIZATION IS NOT SUPERIOR TO THOSE WHICH HAVE GONE BEFORE 89
X. SOME ANTHROPOLOGISTS REGARD MAN AS HAVING A MULTIPLE ORIGIN 106
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XI. RACIAL DIFFERENCES ARE PERMANENT 117
XII. HOW THE RACES WERE PHYSIOLOGICALLY SEPARATED, AND THE DIFFERENT VARIETIES FORMED

BY THEIR INTER-MIXTURE. THEY ARE UNEQUAL IN STRENGTH AND BEAUTY

141
XIII THE HUMAN RACES ARE INTELLECTUALLY UNEQUAL ; MANKIND IS NOT CAPABLE OF INFINITE PROGRESS 154
XIV. PROOF OF THE INTELLECTUAL INEQUALITY OF

RACES {continued). DIFFERENT CIVILIZATIONS ARE MUTUALLY REPULSIVE; HYBRID RACES HAVE EQUALLY HYBRID CIVILIZATIONS

168
XV. THE DIFFERENT LANGUAGES ARE UNEQUAL, AND

CORRESPOND PERFECTLY IN RELATIVE MERIT TO THE RACES THAT USE THEM

182
XVI. RECAPITULATION ; THE RESPECTIVE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE THREE GREAT RACES ; THE

SUPERIORITY OF THE WHITE TYPE, AND, WITHIN THIS TYPE, OF THE ARYAN FAMILY

205

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