<![CDATA[Idea of Progress: An Inquiry into Its Origin and Growth by John Bagnell Bury]]> http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-idea-of-progress-by-john-bagnell-bury en-us © 2026 LoyalBooks.com Loyal Books clean Loyal Books feeds@loyalbooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/image/ui/default-feed.jpg <![CDATA[Idea of Progress: An Inquiry into Its Origin and Growth by John Bagnell Bury]]> http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-idea-of-progress-by-john-bagnell-bury 43,200 <![CDATA[Preface]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-idea-of-progress-by-john-bagnell-bury https://www.archive.org/download/ideaofprogress_2012_librivox/ideaofprogress_01_bury_128kb.mp3 Fri, 02 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 05:41 <![CDATA[Introduction, Part 1]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-idea-of-progress-by-john-bagnell-bury https://www.archive.org/download/ideaofprogress_2012_librivox/ideaofprogress_02_bury_128kb.mp3 Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 30:26 <![CDATA[Introduction, Part 2]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-idea-of-progress-by-john-bagnell-bury https://www.archive.org/download/ideaofprogress_2012_librivox/ideaofprogress_03_bury_128kb.mp3 Wed, 31 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 23:56 <![CDATA[Chapter 1: Some Interpretations of Universal History: Bodin and Le Roy]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-idea-of-progress-by-john-bagnell-bury https://www.archive.org/download/ideaofprogress_2012_librivox/ideaofprogress_04_bury_128kb.mp3 Tue, 30 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 18:43 <![CDATA[Chapter 2: Utility the End of Knowledge: Bacon]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-idea-of-progress-by-john-bagnell-bury https://www.archive.org/download/ideaofprogress_2012_librivox/ideaofprogress_05_bury_128kb.mp3 Mon, 29 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 21:06 <![CDATA[Chapter 3: Cartesianism]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-idea-of-progress-by-john-bagnell-bury https://www.archive.org/download/ideaofprogress_2012_librivox/ideaofprogress_06_bury_128kb.mp3 Sun, 28 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 20:26 <![CDATA[Chapter 4: The Doctrine of Degeneration: The Ancients and Moderns]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-idea-of-progress-by-john-bagnell-bury https://www.archive.org/download/ideaofprogress_2012_librivox/ideaofprogress_07_bury_128kb.mp3 Sat, 27 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 31:02 <![CDATA[Chapter 5: The Progress of Knowledge: Fontenelle, Part 1]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-idea-of-progress-by-john-bagnell-bury https://www.archive.org/download/ideaofprogress_2012_librivox/ideaofprogress_08_bury_128kb.mp3 Fri, 26 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 21:14 <![CDATA[Chapter 5: The Progress of Knowledge: Fontenelle, Part 2]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-idea-of-progress-by-john-bagnell-bury https://www.archive.org/download/ideaofprogress_2012_librivox/ideaofprogress_09_bury_128kb.mp3 Thu, 25 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 22:46 <![CDATA[Chapter 6: The General Progress of Man: AbbĂ© de Saint-Pierre]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-idea-of-progress-by-john-bagnell-bury https://www.archive.org/download/ideaofprogress_2012_librivox/ideaofprogress_10_bury_128kb.mp3 Wed, 24 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 25:28 <![CDATA[Chapter 7: New Conceptions of History: Montesquieu, Voltaire, Turgot]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-idea-of-progress-by-john-bagnell-bury https://www.archive.org/download/ideaofprogress_2012_librivox/ideaofprogress_11_bury_128kb.mp3 Tue, 23 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 22:56 <![CDATA[Chapter 8: The Encyclopaedists and Economists]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-idea-of-progress-by-john-bagnell-bury https://www.archive.org/download/ideaofprogress_2012_librivox/ideaofprogress_12_bury_128kb.mp3 Mon, 22 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 27:39 <![CDATA[Chapter 9: Was Civilization a Mistake? Rousseau, Chastellux]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-idea-of-progress-by-john-bagnell-bury https://www.archive.org/download/ideaofprogress_2012_librivox/ideaofprogress_13_bury_128kb.mp3 Sun, 21 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 23:07 <![CDATA[Chapter 10: The Year 2440]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-idea-of-progress-by-john-bagnell-bury https://www.archive.org/download/ideaofprogress_2012_librivox/ideaofprogress_14_bury_128kb.mp3 Sat, 20 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 14:28 <![CDATA[Chapter 11: The French Revolution: Condorcet]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-idea-of-progress-by-john-bagnell-bury https://www.archive.org/download/ideaofprogress_2012_librivox/ideaofprogress_15_bury_128kb.mp3 Fri, 19 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 22:46 <![CDATA[Chapter 12: The Theory of Progress in England]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-idea-of-progress-by-john-bagnell-bury https://www.archive.org/download/ideaofprogress_2012_librivox/ideaofprogress_16_bury_128kb.mp3 Thu, 18 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 31:54 <![CDATA[Chapter 13: German Speculations on Progress]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-idea-of-progress-by-john-bagnell-bury https://www.archive.org/download/ideaofprogress_2012_librivox/ideaofprogress_17_bury_128kb.mp3 Wed, 17 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 34:26 <![CDATA[Chapter 14: Currents of Thought in France after the Revolution]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-idea-of-progress-by-john-bagnell-bury https://www.archive.org/download/ideaofprogress_2012_librivox/ideaofprogress_18_bury_128kb.mp3 Tue, 16 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 27:48 <![CDATA[Chapter 15: The Search for a Law of Progress: I. Saint-Simon]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-idea-of-progress-by-john-bagnell-bury https://www.archive.org/download/ideaofprogress_2012_librivox/ideaofprogress_19_bury_128kb.mp3 Mon, 15 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 18:16 <![CDATA[Chapter 16: The Search for a Law of Progress: II. Comte]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-idea-of-progress-by-john-bagnell-bury https://www.archive.org/download/ideaofprogress_2012_librivox/ideaofprogress_20_bury_128kb.mp3 Sun, 14 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 35:40 <![CDATA[Chapter 17: "Progress" in the French Revolutionary Movement (1830-1851)]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-idea-of-progress-by-john-bagnell-bury https://www.archive.org/download/ideaofprogress_2012_librivox/ideaofprogress_21_bury_128kb.mp3 Sat, 13 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 16:46 <![CDATA[Chapter 18: Material Progress: The Exhibition of 1851]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-idea-of-progress-by-john-bagnell-bury https://www.archive.org/download/ideaofprogress_2012_librivox/ideaofprogress_22_bury_128kb.mp3 Fri, 12 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 15:14 <![CDATA[Chapter 19: Progress in the Light of Evolution; and Epilogue]]> More great books at LoyalBooks.com More great books at LoyalBooks.com http://www.loyalbooks.com/book/the-idea-of-progress-by-john-bagnell-bury https://www.archive.org/download/ideaofprogress_2012_librivox/ideaofprogress_23_bury_128kb.mp3 Thu, 11 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 27:41