In Manhood of Humanity (1921), Alfred Korzybski sets out his concept of human beings as the “time-binding” class of life — uniquely able to accumulate and transmit knowledge across generations. From this premise he develops a science of human nature aimed at understanding social progress and avoiding the recurring catastrophes of war and conflict.
This free EPUB edition has been carefully cleaned and formatted for modern e-readers. The book introduced ideas Korzybski would later expand into the discipline of general semantics, and remains of interest to readers exploring early twentieth-century theories of language, knowledge, and human development.