The Idea of Progress
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- An Inquiry into Its Origin and Growth
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1. AN INQUIRY INTO ITS ORIGIN AND GROWTH2. PREFACE3. INTRODUCTION4. CHAPTER I. SOME INTERPRETATIONS OF UNIVERSAL HISTORY: BODIN AND LE ROY5. CHAPTER II. UTILITY THE END OF KNOWLEDGE: BACON6. CHAPTER III. CARTESIANISM7. CHAPTER IV. THE DOCTRINE OF DEGENERATION: THE ANCIENTS AND MODERNS8. CHAPTER V. THE PROGRESS OF KNOWLEDGE: FONTENELLE9. CHAPTER VI. THE GENERAL PROGRESS OF MAN: ABBE DE SAINT-PIERRE10. CHAPTER VII. NEW CONCEPTIONS OF HISTORY: MONTESQUIEU, VOLTAIRE, TURGOT11. CHAPTER VIII. THE ENCYCLOPAEDISTS AND ECONOMISTS12. CHAPTER IX. WAS CIVILISATION A MISTAKE? ROUSSEAU, CHASTELLUX. 1.13. CHAPTER X. THE YEAR 244014. CHAPTER XI. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION: CONDORCET15. CHAPTER XII. THE THEORY OF PROGRESS IN ENGLAND16. CHAPTER XIII. GERMAN SPECULATIONS ON PROGRESS17. CHAPTER XIV. CURRENTS OF THOUGHT IN FRANCE AFTER THE REVOLUTION18. CHAPTER XV. THE SEARCH FOR A LAW OF PROGRESS:19. CHAPTER XVI. THE SEARCH FOR A LAW OF PROGRESS: II. COMTE20. CHAPTER XVII. "PROGRESS" IN THE FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY MOVEMENT (1830-1851)21. CHAPTER XVIII. MATERIAL PROGRESS: THE EXHIBITION OF 185122. CHAPTER XIX. PROGRESS IN THE LIGHT OF EVOLUTION23. EPILOGUE