The Mathematical-Historical Principles and the Evolution of LibertyFernández Bolívar, Víctor José
Philosophy
The Mathematical-Historical Principles and the Evolution of Liberty
Fernández Bolívar, Víctor José
History -- Philosophy
Dr. Deulofeu says: �Today
we have discovered a law that arranges the evolution of nations in the same
manner as we know the law that governs the evolution of the individual. Perhaps
one day we may know the circumstances that have caused collective evolution, as
we know the physiological circumstances that produce birth, but it is possible
that man will never know what is the profound origin of life�. That is, that
perhaps the cycle of life or evolutionary cycle may not be modified, neither
from the individual or from the collective point of view. Be that as it may, at
the present time, man has been smoothing out the individual process protecting
himself more and more against the inclemency of weather and illnesses.
In like manner, he can
ensure as of now that the evolution of nations be done without bloody and
violent struggles, without external or internal wars. What can man do to modify
his destiny?� �Man follows a defined evolution, he is born, he grows up, he
reaches adulthood, enters decadence and finally dies. From the individual
event, lets go on to the collective one. It has been shown that nations go
through phases of winter inactivity, through phases of spring growth, through
summer phases of complete creativity and finally through fall phases of
decadence, to again enter into the winter phase and begin the cycle again�.
�Nations follow a
cyclical process that is analogous to that of plants, but just as the cycle of
plants lasts 365 days, that of nations is 1,700 years. If we compare the human
process with that of irrational animals, we observe a fundamental difference
where they do not know how to come out of their determinism, while man
constantly breaks it. Cats and dogs have been defending themselves with their
nails and fangs from time immemorial, man, on the other hand, constantly
modifies his means of defense.� Analogically, animals walk on their hoofs
starting from their origin while man discovers other means of locomotion. With
plants, the same or almost the same happens when collectively considered, they continue
their vegetable cycle in an identical manner through the centuries, as long as
the solar system is not modified. But man, at the same time as he has been
discovering the laws of nature, has modified his way of life and has progressed
as a result. Why should he not progress the day he discovers the laws that
govern the life of collectivities? Human progress has been evidenced in the
extinction and management of great epidemics with the discoveries of
bacteriology. The same progress should be expected in the political, social and
cultural arena, with the discovery of the mathematical law that has been
governing the life of nations up to the present time�.
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