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The Prologue:
The various theologies (of every religion), arising from certain philosophical theories, speak of a humanity governed by (one or more) divinity, immensely: good, wise, righteous and merciful. The reality that is under the eyes of all human beings, contrasts enormously with this vision. Theologians and clerics, are ready to argue that this is a direct consequence of the lack, or scarcity, of obedience to the “commandments” of divinity, of which they profess themselves as a spokesman and the interpreters. But historical experience shows how the most strict observance of “commandments” and “precepts” religious which, also, is occurred in some historical moments and that occurred mostly when the religions they are professed so as more “fundamentalist”, does not generate a greater fairness and happiness but, conversely, a greater inhumanity and iniquity. This observation leads some people to believe that the God who governs the world is, in reality, a demon! This uncertainty demonstrates, in plastic way, how is totally ignored the actual human condition.
To analyze, in a rational manner, the human condition in act, it is necessary to check the instruments to be adopted, by analyzing, first of all, the main current conceptions, both in relation to human nature how much in relation to social reality. If the first analysis of human nature and of the condition of the human being in the world was accomplished by philosophy, through what is termed metaphysics, before abandoning the knowledge acquired by the said metaphysics, we must analyze it thoroughly, and see if it can still be useful to deepen the knowledge of the subject, that we proposed to investigate: human beings and societies historically realized, for the human beings and pre-humans.
The disciplines that analyze the social reality, since proved to be ineffective in the analysis, essentially for the forecast of the events and, even more, in the ability to serve as an instrument for changing the social reality, you demonstrate a-scientific. It is necessary, therefore, analyze the limits and the causes that may have generated their delay in relation to the physical-mathematical sciences.