The Idea of Progress, An Inquiry into its Origin and Growth

The Idea of Progress, An Inquiry into its Origin and Growth

Title: The Idea of Progress, An Inquiry into its Origin and Growth
Author: J.B. Bury
Release: 2015-07-31
Kind: ebook
Genre: Philosophy, Books, Nonfiction
Size: 680350
Another classic converted by eBooksLib.com.We may believe in the doctrine of Progress or we may not, but in either case it is a matter of interest to examine the origins and trace the history of what is now, even should it ultimately prove to be no more than an idolum saeculi, the animating and controlling idea of western civilisation. For the earthly Progress of humanity is the general test to which social aims and theories are submitted as a matter of course

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