THE CURSE OF IGNORANCE -
VOL. 1" by Arthur Findlay / 1947 / 1166 pages.
From the time Arthur Findlay commenced to write the first
chapter of this book to the passing of the last page of
the Second Volume, seven years elapsed, during which time
he devoted six hours a day, every day of the week, to its
production. No trouble was spared to make this history
accurate, interesting and perfect in every possible way.
It was indeed a labour of love, and the time and cost
involved was for one reason only: to help to advance
knowledge, to increase wisdom and to improve conduct
everywhere throughout the world. The troubles which have
beset mankind, in the past and present, have mostly come
from ignorance of how best to live so as to create the
prosperity and happiness all desire. The past follies and
achievements of the race will be found recorded in the
pages of this book, and if these are remembered, they
will act as a guide and signpost to present and future
generations showing the right way to think and live.
Therein lies the value of history as recorded from this
wider angle of thought, and, if everyone, everywhere,
would learn the lesson these pages have to teach, war,
suffering, poverty and human misery would cease. This
volume starts from the time of primitive man to the
Reformation. Covering the oldest civilizations, Hebrew,
Greek, Roman, Moslem, Chinese and Christian.
