Written in the forests of equatorial Africa during the First World War, this is the first part of Schweitzer’s philosophy of civilisation. He argues that philosophy abandoned its duty to build an ethical view of the world, that economic and spiritual pressures have left modern people unfree, and that civilisation can only be restored by renewing its ethical foundations.
A short, urgent book by the doctor and thinker who would make reverence for life his guiding principle. Download the free EPUB.