The Idea of Progress

An Inquiry Into Its Origin And Growth

Nonfiction, History, Reference, Historiography, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy
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Author: J. B. Bury ISBN: 9788027303205
Publisher: e-artnow Publication: February 6, 2019
Imprint: Language: English
Author: J. B. Bury
ISBN: 9788027303205
Publisher: e-artnow
Publication: February 6, 2019
Imprint:
Language: English

"We may believe in the doctrine of Progress or we may not, but in either case it is a matter of interest to examine the origins and trace the history of what is now, even should it ultimately prove to be no more than an idolum saeculi, the animating and controlling idea of western civilisation." Contents: Some Interpretations of Universal History: Bodin and Le Roy Utility the End of Knowledge: Bacon Cartesianism The Doctrine of Degeneration: the Ancients and Moderns The Progress of Knowledge: Fontenelle The General Progress of Man: Abbe De Saint-Pierre New Conceptions of History: Montesquieu, Voltaire, Turgot The Encyclopaedists and Economists Was Civilisation a Mistake? Rousseau, Chastellux The Year 2440 The French Revolution: Condorcet The Theory of Progress in England German Speculations on Progress Currents of Thought in France After the Revolution The Search for a Law of Progress: "Progress" in the French Revolutionary Movement (1830-1851) Material Progress: the Exhibition of 1851 Progress in the Light of Evolution

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"We may believe in the doctrine of Progress or we may not, but in either case it is a matter of interest to examine the origins and trace the history of what is now, even should it ultimately prove to be no more than an idolum saeculi, the animating and controlling idea of western civilisation." Contents: Some Interpretations of Universal History: Bodin and Le Roy Utility the End of Knowledge: Bacon Cartesianism The Doctrine of Degeneration: the Ancients and Moderns The Progress of Knowledge: Fontenelle The General Progress of Man: Abbe De Saint-Pierre New Conceptions of History: Montesquieu, Voltaire, Turgot The Encyclopaedists and Economists Was Civilisation a Mistake? Rousseau, Chastellux The Year 2440 The French Revolution: Condorcet The Theory of Progress in England German Speculations on Progress Currents of Thought in France After the Revolution The Search for a Law of Progress: "Progress" in the French Revolutionary Movement (1830-1851) Material Progress: the Exhibition of 1851 Progress in the Light of Evolution

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