The Idea of Progress: Origin & Development
Author | : J. B. Bury |
Publisher | : e-artnow |
Total Pages | : 214 |
Release | : 2019-06-03 |
ISBN-10 | : EAN:4057664151131 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 (31 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: This eBook has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Content: 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