THE CURSE OF IGNORANCE - VOL. 2" by Arthur Findlay / 1937 / 1152 pages. *****

Only after the two volumes of 'The Curse of Ignorance' have been read, and pondered over, will the reader realize the revolution in thought this work may someday bring about. It is certainly history written with a purpose. History, in some respects, has not been accurately recorded because of prejudice and ignorance. Religion was the cause of half the events of history, and, because the origin of the numerous world religions was not known, historians have misrepresented or ignored events they were able to understand. Religious prejudice has, moreover, falsified history and represented the Christian era in a much too favourable light. Here, in this book, history is presented from a new and wider aspect, and this more modern approach clarifies the many difficulties with which historians have been faced in the past. Its insistence on increased knowledge, greater wisdom and a higher ethical standard of conduct follow from the obvious neglect of these assets in the past, the consequences being clearly revealed by history. This volume continues covering Christian and Democratic Civilizations from the Reformation to the and of the Second World War.