History of the Idea of Progress

Adam Smith advancement Aeschylus American ancient argues Aristotle arts and sciences Auguste Comte Augustine Augustine's Augustinian become beginning belief Bodin chapter Christian City of God civilization classical Comte conception Condorcet continues course culture Darwin declared Descartes earth economic eighteenth century epochs essay Europe European existence Fichte freedom future Gobineau golden age Hegel Hesiod historian human progress human race idea of progress individual intellectual interest Joachim kind knowledge laws Leibniz liberty Lucretius Malthus Marx medieval Melvin Lasky ment Middle Ages millenarian millennium mind modern moral nations nature nineteenth century past perfection philosophers philosophy of history Plato political possible present principle Protagoras Puritan reason reference reform religion religious Renaissance respect Revolution Rousseau Saint-Simon scientific scientists secular seen seventeenth century social society Spencer spirit stage theory things thought Thucydides tion Turgot twentieth century utopian Vico W. K. C. Guthrie West Western words writes wrote