The Idea of Progress: An Inguiry into Its Origin and Growth
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THE IDEA OF PROGRESS
AN INQUIRY INTO ITS ORIGIN AND GROWTH
Regius Professor Of Modern History, And Fellow Of King's College, In The University Of Cambridge
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I. SOME INTERPRETATIONS OF UNIVERSAL HISTORY: BODIN AND LE ROY
1.
CHAPTER II. UTILITY THE END OF KNOWLEDGE: BACON
1.
CHAPTER III. CARTESIANISM
CHAPTER IV. THE DOCTRINE OF DEGENERATION: THE ANCIENTS AND MODERNS
1.
CHAPTER V. THE PROGRESS OF KNOWLEDGE: FONTENELLE
1.
CHAPTER VI. THE GENERAL PROGRESS OF MAN: ABBE DE SAINT-PIERRE
CHAPTER VII. NEW CONCEPTIONS OF HISTORY: MONTESQUIEU, VOLTAIRE, TURGOT
CHAPTER VIII. THE ENCYCLOPAEDISTS AND ECONOMISTS
1.
CHAPTER IX. WAS CIVILISATION A MISTAKE? ROUSSEAU, CHASTELLUX. 1.
CHAPTER X. THE YEAR 2440
1.
CHAPTER XI. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION: CONDORCET
I.
CHAPTER XII. THE THEORY OF PROGRESS IN ENGLAND
1.
CHAPTER XIII. GERMAN SPECULATIONS ON PROGRESS
1.
CHAPTER XIV. CURRENTS OF THOUGHT IN FRANCE AFTER THE REVOLUTION
1.
CHAPTER XV. THE SEARCH FOR A LAW OF PROGRESS:
I. SAINT-SIMON
CHAPTER XVI. THE SEARCH FOR A LAW OF PROGRESS: II. COMTE
1.
CHAPTER XVII. "PROGRESS" IN THE FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT
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