THE INEQUALITY OF HUMAN RACES THE RENAISSANCE By ARTHUR, COUNT GOBINEAU. With an Introductory Essay on Count Gobineau’s Life-Work by Dr. Oscar Levy. One Vol., Demy 8vo, Illustrated 10s net THE YOUNG NIETZSCHE By FRAU FÖRSTER NIETZSCHE. One Volume, Demy 8vo, Price 15s net THE LONELY NIETZSCHE By FRAU FÖRSTER NIETZSCHE. One Volume, Royal 8vo, Price 15s net NIETZSCHE By GEORGE BRANDES One Volume, Demy 8vo, 6s net LONDON: WILLIAM HEINEMANN 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 [Illustration] WILLIAM HEINEMANN LONDON MCMXV _London William Heinemann 1915_ CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE INTRODUCTION vii FROM THE AUTHOR’S DEDICATION xi AUTHOR’S PREFACE xv 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 TWOFOLD 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