The Idea of Progress: An Inquiry into Its Origin and Growth by J. B. Bury

The Idea of Progress: An Inquiry into Its Origin and Growth

J. B. Bury

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nonfiction history philosophy sociology challenging informative slow-paced
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Practically unknown before the Reformation, the idea of progress has since become one of the central concepts of western civilization. Professor Bury analyzes its evolution in the thought of Greece, Rome, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, to its f...

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