Historical Philosophy in France and French Belgium and Switzerland, Volume 1

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C. Scribner's sons, 1894 - 706 páginas

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It was also credulous of such evidence as it possessed
74
Tabari
80
The growth of history towards a scientific stage has been partly
87
Roger Bacon
102
Aim of his Methodus
122
Consideration of objections to
129
The place he assigns to human history
130
V
137
Rousseaus character and influence
143
Platos theory of the development of society
145
Augustines intellectual character
152
CHAPTER I THE PROGRESS OF HISTORIOGRAPHY
175
Place to be assigned to Commines
181
Hotman made the first attempt to found the right of liberty upon
187
He developed the Aristotelian theory of revolutions
190
Ecclesiastical historiography
204
Influence of Cartesianism on historical study
210
II
216
His main thesis regarding it not established
222
justice only to the Christian element in history
229
GENERAL
235
His researches in ancient chronology geography philosophy
248
Summary of the debate in the Academy of inscriptions
255
Niebuhrs estimate of Beauforts work
261
Montesquieus method defective inasmuch as he did not systemati
267
Montesquieu on the theory of the three powers his eulogy of
273
He introduced the economical element into historical science
277
The profundity comprehensiveness and consistency of his view
283
IV
289
The Essai showed the strength and weakness of Voltaires
304
Mablys character and beliefs
315
In all these changes France was affected by the general movement
346
Augustin Thierry almost perfected historiography as a literary art
353
And by Guizot 532
354
French historical workers of the nineteenth century
359
CrosMayreville on historical methodology
365
Their defence of absolute authority as the basis of society
372
And of the State
378
Ferrand and the theory of revolutions
381
Why it failed to attain its ends
387
Other historical philosophers of the Liberal Catholic School
393
His attempt to explain history by physical law
400
His law of passional attraction
401
He errs in substituting human reason for human nature
458
His distribution of history into the three epochs of the infinite
464
The theory of nations examined
470
II
479
How far it is inconclusive
486
As historian and historical philosopher
492
This opinion shown to be illusory
499
How he distinguishes ancient from modern civilisation
504
His proof of the existence of historical science
510
Caro on progress and on historical philosophy
516
His fears for the selfarrestment of democracy were exemplified
522
How philosophy includes historical speculation
525
Lavollée
528
His History of France
533
It wants scientific precision
541
Maintains that religion is the generative principle of civilisation
547
The merits and defects of his Revolution
554
Quinets prophecy of the future of humanity
561
Democratic writers attempt to discredit the dominant Cæsarism
567
HISTORICAL PHILOSOPHY OF NATURALISM
575
He was virtually ignorant of German philosophy
582
General aim of his labours
588
The three chief laws regulative of human evolution
598
In his law of three states Comte mistakes three coexistent
611
He restricts the application of Comtes law to the scientific i e
617
Recognises the importance of a psychology of humanity to the
623
His Essay on Livy
629
How far his History of English Literature accomplished
633
Véron Mougeolle and Bourdeau
639
His historical philosophy is critical not speculative
646
How political disquisition leads to historical speculation
650
The value of Cournots work
654
The primary capacities which Renouvier attributes to the first men
660
Describes progress as possible but neither continuous nor necessary
666
His influence
672
In his Cours he adopts the Krausean philosophy of history in
678
Its delineation of the working of divine Providence in history is
684
Moellers philosophy of history is in the main a theodicy based
690
Father de Smedts Principles of Historical Criticism
696
The intellectual position of Frenchspeaking Switzerland
697
The critical method of his Two Cities
703
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