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Idea of Progress: An Inquiry into Its Origin and Growth

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

Year of Publication: 1920Genres: Early Modern,History,Social Science (Culture & Anthropology)

Running Time: 08 hours 59 minutes 29 seconds(23 chapters)

Language: EnglishRead by: Barry Ganong

#	Chapter Name
	Preface Barry Ganong	5:41
	Introduction, Part 1 Barry Ganong	30:26
	Introduction, Part 2 Barry Ganong	23:56
	Chapter 1: Some Interpretations of Universal History: Bodin and Le Roy Barry Ganong	18:43
	Chapter 2: Utility the End of Knowledge: Bacon Barry Ganong	21:06
	Chapter 3: Cartesianism Barry Ganong	20:26
	Chapter 4: The Doctrine of Degeneration: The Ancients and Moderns Barry Ganong	31:02
	Chapter 5: The Progress of Knowledge: Fontenelle, Part 1 Barry Ganong	21:14
	Chapter 5: The Progress of Knowledge: Fontenelle, Part 2 Barry Ganong	22:46
	Chapter 6: The General Progress of Man: Abbé de Saint-Pierre Barry Ganong	25:28
	Chapter 7: New Conceptions of History: Montesquieu, Voltaire, Turgot Barry Ganong	22:56
	Chapter 8: The Encyclopaedists and Economists Barry Ganong	27:39
	Chapter 9: Was Civilization a Mistake? Rousseau, Chastellux Barry Ganong	23:07
	Chapter 10: The Year 2440 Barry Ganong	14:28
	Chapter 11: The French Revolution: Condorcet Barry Ganong	22:46
	Chapter 12: The Theory of Progress in England Barry Ganong	31:54
	Chapter 13: German Speculations on Progress Barry Ganong	34:26
	Chapter 14: Currents of Thought in France after the Revolution Barry Ganong	27:48
	Chapter 15: The Search for a Law of Progress: I. Saint-Simon Barry Ganong	18:16
	Chapter 16: The Search for a Law of Progress: II. Comte Barry Ganong	35:40
	Chapter 17: "Progress" in the French Revolutionary Movement (1830-1851) Barry Ganong	16:46
	Chapter 18: Material Progress: The Exhibition of 1851 Barry Ganong	15:14
	Chapter 19: Progress in the Light of Evolution; and Epilogue Barry Ganong	27:41