The Idea of Progress: an Inquiry Into its Origin and Growth 9780486780665, 048678066X, 9781306328593, 1306328594
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; PREFATORY NOTE TO THE AMERICAN EDITION; INTRODUCTION; INTRODUCT
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English Year 2014;1932
Table of contents :
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
PREFATORY NOTE TO THE AMERICAN EDITION
INTRODUCTION
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I SOME INTERPRETATIONS OF UNIVERSAL HISTORY: BODIN AND LE ROY
CHAPTER II UTILITY THE END OF KNOWLEDGE: BACON
CHAPTER III CARTESIANISM
CHAPTER IV THE DOCTRINE OF DEGENERATION: THE ANCIENTS AND MODERNS
CHAPTER V THE PROGRESS OF KNOWLEDGE I FONTENELLE
CHAPTER VI THE GENERAL PROGRESS OF MAN: ABBÉ DE SAINT-PIERRE
CHAPTER VII NEW CONCEPTIONS OF HISTORY: MONTESQUIEU, VOLTAIRE, TURGOT
CHAPTER VIII THE ENCYCLOPAEDISTS AND ECONOMISTS. CHAPTER IX WAS CIVILISATION A MISTAKE? ROUSSEAU, CHASTELLUXCHAPTER X THE YEAR 2440
CHAPTER XI THE FRENCH REVOLUTION: CONDORCET
CHAPTER XII THE THEORY OF PROGRESS IN ENGLAND
CHAPTER XIII GERMAN SPECULATIONS ON PROGRESS
CHAPTER XIV CURRENTS OF THOUGHT IN FRANCE AFTER THE REVOLUTION
CHAPTER XV THE SEARCH FOR A LAW OF PROGRESS: I. SAINT-SIMON
CHAPTER XVI THE SEARCH FOR A LAW OF PROGRESS: II. COMTE
CHAPTER XVII "PROGRESS" IN THE FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT (1830-1851)
CHAPTER XVIII MATERIAL PROGRESS: EXHIBITION OF 1851
CHAPTER XIX PROGRESS IN THE LIGHT OF EVOLUTION
EPILOGUE
INDEX.
