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The Idea of Progress: An Inquiry into Its Origin and Growth
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25 totalTHE IDEA OF PROGRESS - AN INQUIRY INTO ITS ORIGIN AND GROWTH
By J. B. Bury - Regius Professor Of Modern History, And Fellow Of King's College, In The University Of Cambridge
Dedicated to the memories of Charles Francois Castel de Saint-Pierre, Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat de Condorcet, Auguste Comte, Herbert Spencer, and other optimists mentioned in this volume. Tantane uos generis tenuit fiducia uestri?
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.
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2003-10-01
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About the author
J. B. (John Bagnell) Bury
1861–1927
An Irish historian and classical scholar best remembered for his sweeping studies of the later Roman Empire and Byzantium, he wrote history with unusual range and precision. He also held the Regius Professorship of Modern History at Cambridge, where he argued that history should be treated as a rigorous discipline.
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