The Idea of Progress
An Inquiry Into Its Origin And GrowthBy J. B. Bury
Length10h 7m
About this audiobook
"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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GenrePhilosophy
Length10 hrs 7 mins
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Publish dateFeb 6, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Preface
12Chapter X. The Year 2440
2Introduction
13Chapter XI. The French Revolution: Condorcet
3Chapter I. Some Interpretations of Universal History: Bodin and le Roy
14Chapter XII. The Theory of Progress in England
4Chapter II. Utility the End of Knowledge: Bacon
15Chapter XIII. German Speculations on Progress
5Chapter III. Cartesianism
16Chapter XIV. Currents of Thought in France after the Revolution
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6Chapter IV. The Doctrine of Degeneration: The Ancients and Moderns
17Chapter XV. The Search for a Law of Progress
7Chapter V. The Progress of Knowledge: Fontenelle
18Chapter XVI. The Search for a Law of Progress: II. Comte
8Chapter VI. The General Progress of Man: Abbe de Saint-Pierre
19Chapter XVII. "Progress" in the French Revolutionary Movement (1830-1851)
9Chapter VII. New Conceptions of History: Montesquieu, Voltaire, Turgot
20Chapter XVIII. Material Progress: The Exhibition of 1851
10Chapter VIII. The Encyclopaedists and Economists
21Chapter XIX. Progress in the Light of Evolution
11Chapter IX. Was Civilisation a Mistake? Rousseau, Chastellux. 1.
22Epilogue
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