Idea Of Progress: An Inquiry Into Its Origin And Growth

Idea of Progress: An Inquiry into Its Origin and Growth

by John Bagnell Bury

The Idea of Progress is a classic work of historiography that explores the development of the concept of progress from its origins in the classical period to the nineteenth century. Bury argues that the idea of progress is a relatively recent phenomenon, and that it is closely tied to the rise of modern science and the scientific method. He also examines the ways in which the idea of progress has been used to justify both utopian and dystopian visions of the future.

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John Bagnell Bury

Ireland, Italy

John Bagnell Bury was an Anglo-Irish historian, classical scholar, Medieval Roman historian and philologist. He objected to the label "Byzantinist" explicitly in the preface to the 1889 edition of his...

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