The Idea of Progress

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Author: J. B. Bury

Publisher: e-artnow

Published: 2019-02-06

Total Pages: 229

ISBN-13: 8027303206

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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

The Idea of Progress

The Idea of Progress PDF

Author: J.B. Bury

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2019-09-25

Total Pages: 253

ISBN-13: 3734087376

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The Idea of Progress

The Idea of Progress PDF

Author: John B. Bury

Publisher: Greenwood

Published: 1982

Total Pages: 357

ISBN-13: 9780313233746

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Emphasizing the necessity of adhering with rigid exactness to historical facts, the author presents a scheme of ideas upon which to thread the facts of human development which extends to cover the whole range of civilization in its movement through time.

The Idea of Progress: An Inguiry Into Its Origin and Growth

The Idea of Progress: An Inguiry Into Its Origin and Growth PDF

Author: John Bagnell Bury

Publisher: Library of Alexandria

Published: 1955-01-01

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 1465525823

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"Practically unknown before the Reformation, the idea of progress has since become one of the central concepts of western civilization. Professor Bury analyzes its evolution in the thought of Greece, Rome, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, to its flowering in all branches of science, religion, philosophy, industry, art, and literature during and following the 16th century. Emphasizing the necessity of adhering with rigid exactness to historical facts, the author presents a scheme of ideas upon which to thread the facts of human development which extends to cover the whole range of civilization in its movement through time. In this classic, oft cited volume, Bury writes a form of intellectual history, tracing the development of the idea of progress from the Greeks through its relationship to the idea of evolution"--Amazon.