GGR329H5 Lecture Notes - Eugenics, Landlocked Country, Lucien Febvre
Document Summary
History followed different courses for different peoples because of differences among peoples environment not because of biological differences among people themselves. One type of people dominated then the other because nature gave them a better hand. The constitutions and habits of people follow the nature of the land where they live. Rapidly changing seasons excite the mind, demand fortitude and exertion. Equable and gentle dispositions mild and uniform climate. Those who live in a cold climate and in northern europe are full of spirit but wanting in intelligence and skills. Charles de secondat: climate affects physiology, physiology determines psychology, and so evn religion might reflect physical conditions. As people began to understand physiological and biological evolution. Secondary or derived (brough social evolution itself) Size and density of the social aggregate: the more people, the more idea, more mouths to feed, bigger armies. Some absorb the good ideas while others do not.
