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The Idea of Progress

The Idea of Progress

by J. B. Bury

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Author
Bury, J. B. (John Bagnell), 1861-1927
Title
The Idea of Progress: An Inquiry into Its Origin and Growth
Credits
Produced by Steve Harris, Charles Franks, David Widger and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team
Language
English
LoC Class
HM: Social sciences: Sociology
Subject
History -- Philosophy
Category
Text
eBook-No.
4557
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4557
Release Date
October 1, 2003
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE IDEA OF PROGRESS
  2. 2.AN INQUIRY INTO ITS ORIGIN AND GROWTH
  3. 3.By J. B. Bury — Regius Professor Of Modern History, And Fellow Of King's College, In The University Of Cambridge
  4. 4.PREFACE
  5. 5.INTRODUCTION
  6. 6.CHAPTER I. SOME INTERPRETATIONS OF UNIVERSAL HISTORY: BODIN AND LE ROY — 1.
  7. 7.CHAPTER II. UTILITY THE END OF KNOWLEDGE: BACON — 1.
  8. 8.CHAPTER III. CARTESIANISM
  9. 9.CHAPTER IV. THE DOCTRINE OF DEGENERATION: THE ANCIENTS AND MODERNS — 1.
  10. 10.CHAPTER V. THE PROGRESS OF KNOWLEDGE: FONTENELLE — 1.
  11. 11.CHAPTER VI. THE GENERAL PROGRESS OF MAN: ABBE DE SAINT-PIERRE
  12. 12.CHAPTER VII. NEW CONCEPTIONS OF HISTORY: MONTESQUIEU, VOLTAIRE, TURGOT
  13. 13.CHAPTER VIII. THE ENCYCLOPAEDISTS AND ECONOMISTS — 1.
  14. 14.CHAPTER IX. WAS CIVILISATION A MISTAKE? ROUSSEAU, CHASTELLUX. 1.
  15. 15.CHAPTER X. THE YEAR 2440 — 1.
  16. 16.CHAPTER XI. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION: CONDORCET — I.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XII. THE THEORY OF PROGRESS IN ENGLAND — 1.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XIII. GERMAN SPECULATIONS ON PROGRESS — 1.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XIV. CURRENTS OF THOUGHT IN FRANCE AFTER THE REVOLUTION — 1.
  20. 20.CHAPTER XV. THE SEARCH FOR A LAW OF PROGRESS: — I. SAINT-SIMON
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVI. THE SEARCH FOR A LAW OF PROGRESS: II. COMTE — 1.
  22. 22.CHAPTER XVII. "PROGRESS" IN THE FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT (1830-1851) — 1.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII. MATERIAL PROGRESS: THE EXHIBITION OF 1851 — 1.
  24. 24.CHAPTER XIX. PROGRESS IN THE LIGHT OF EVOLUTION — 1.
  25. 25.EPILOGUE

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