Idea of Progress: An Inquiry into Its Origin and Growth
John Bagnell Bury
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Length 8 h 59 min
Chapters 23
First published 1920
John Bagnell Bury was Regius Professor of Modern History at Cambridge University in the early twentieth century. In The Idea of Progress, he assesses the concepts of history found in the classical period and then traces the historical development of the concept of political and social progress by looking at writers from the sixteenth to the nineteenth century. It is interesting to consider what the history of the past hundred years would add to such an analysis. - Summary by Barry Ganong
Chapters
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Preface Read by Barry Ganong 5:41
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Introduction, Part 1 Read by Barry Ganong 30:26
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Introduction, Part 2 Read by Barry Ganong 23:56
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Chapter 1: Some Interpretations of Universal History: Bodin and Le Roy Read by Barry Ganong 18:43
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Chapter 2: Utility the End of Knowledge: Bacon Read by Barry Ganong 21:06
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Chapter 3: Cartesianism Read by Barry Ganong 20:26
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Chapter 4: The Doctrine of Degeneration: The Ancients and Moderns Read by Barry Ganong 31:02
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Chapter 5: The Progress of Knowledge: Fontenelle, Part 1 Read by Barry Ganong 21:14
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Chapter 5: The Progress of Knowledge: Fontenelle, Part 2 Read by Barry Ganong 22:46
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Chapter 6: The General Progress of Man: Abbé de Saint-Pierre Read by Barry Ganong 25:28
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Chapter 7: New Conceptions of History: Montesquieu, Voltaire, Turgot Read by Barry Ganong 22:56
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Chapter 8: The Encyclopaedists and Economists Read by Barry Ganong 27:39
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Chapter 9: Was Civilization a Mistake? Rousseau, Chastellux Read by Barry Ganong 23:07
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Chapter 10: The Year 2440 Read by Barry Ganong 14:28
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Chapter 11: The French Revolution: Condorcet Read by Barry Ganong 22:46
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Chapter 12: The Theory of Progress in England Read by Barry Ganong 31:54
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Chapter 13: German Speculations on Progress Read by Barry Ganong 34:26
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Chapter 14: Currents of Thought in France after the Revolution Read by Barry Ganong 27:48
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Chapter 15: The Search for a Law of Progress: I. Saint-Simon Read by Barry Ganong 18:16
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Chapter 16: The Search for a Law of Progress: II. Comte Read by Barry Ganong 35:40
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Chapter 17: "Progress" in the French Revolutionary Movement (1830-1851) Read by Barry Ganong 16:46
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Chapter 18: Material Progress: The Exhibition of 1851 Read by Barry Ganong 15:14
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Chapter 19: Progress in the Light of Evolution; and Epilogue Read by Barry Ganong 27:41
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