History of Civilization in England by Henry Thomas Buckle, כרך 1

Henry Thomas Buckle

John W. Parker and Son, 1858 - 854 עמודים

0 ביקורות

הצג תצוגה מקדימה של ספר זה »

מתוך הספר

מה אומרים אנשים - כתיבת ביקורת

לא מצאנו ביקורות במקומות הרגילים

עמודים נבחרים

עמוד הכותרת

תוכן עניינים

תוכן

STATEMENT OF THE RESOURCES FOR INVESTIGATING HISTORY AND PROOFS	1

Human actions if not the result of fixed laws must be due to chance	8

The actions of men are caused by their antecedents which exist	17

Similar proof respecting suicides 2527	25

The historian must ascertain whether mind or nature has most	32

Operation of these agents on the accumulation of wealth 3847	38

Their operation on the distribution of wealth 4759	47

Illustrations of these principles from Ireland 5961	59

It causes the establishment of the Royal Society	340

Legislative improvements in the reign of Charles II in spite	348

These improvements were due to the sceptical and inquiring spirit 354355	354

The clergy to recover their ground allied themselves with James II 361362	361

Importance of the Revolution	369

The clergy lost all offices out of the church and their numbers	380

Knowledge begins to be diffused and takes a popular form 392394	392

But discouraged by George III under whom began a dangerous	401

From Egypt 7581	75

From Central America 8485	84

Operation of physical laws in Brazil 9298	92

Influence of the general aspects of nature upon the imagination	107

And by danger generally 113115	113

This proposition illustrated by a comparison between Hindustan	120

Further illustration from Central America 133134	133

Hence it appears that of the two classes of mental and physical	142

Examination of the two metaphysical methods of generalizing PAGE	143

Failure of these methods 150152	150

CHAPTER IX	153

The progress of society is twofold moral and intellectual 158159	158

And intellectual truths are constantly changing 164165	164

The diminution of religious persecution is owing to the progress	171

Illustrations from Russia and Turkey 177179	177

The invention of gunpowder 185190	185

Consequent persecution of literary men by the French government 671682	188

191200	191

The application of steam to purposes of travelling 200203	200

CHAPTER V	207

This being as yet little understood historians have not collected	210

With that of Germany 217219	217

Much may be gained in that respect from studying the histories	223

Influence of religion on the progress of society 232244	232

And from Sweden and Scotland 242244	242

Influence of government on the progress of society 250264	250

Legislators have caused smuggling with all its attendant crimes 256257	256

England has been less interfered with in these ways than other	263

CHAPTER XIV	265

One cause of error in history was the invention of writing 272276	272

But the most active cause of all was the influence of the clergy 282283	282

But until the middle of the reign of Louis XV the political institu	285

Illustration of this from the history of Charlemagne by Turpin 292294	292

The first improvement in writing history began in the fourteenth	298

Also in the work of Dr Horst on the Golden Tooth 304305	304

CHAPTER XIII	305

Origin of religious toleration in England	310

This tendency displayed in Chillingworth 319321	319

Great advantage of this 327329	327

Infuence of this spirit upon Sir Thomas Browne 334337	334

Deterioration of the House of Lords	410

Burkes subsequent hallucinations and violence	437

And produced arbitrary laws against the liberties of England 443448	443

The nobles displace the clergy and celibacy is opposed by	457

OUTLINE OF THE HISTORY OF THE FRENCH INTELLECT FROM THE MIDDLE	460

But at the end of the sixteenth century scepticisin appeared	471

The most remarkable steps in favour of toleration were however	483

He supported the new secular scheme of government against	489

They raise a civil war which was a struggle of classes rather than	525

And by Mazarin	546

Gloomy political prospects of England late in the eighteenth cen	558

Hence a spirit of popular independence unknown in France where	567

Effects of this difference between the two countries in the four	583

But in France the energy of the protective spirit and the power	606

Power of the French nobles	613

But the English rebellion succeeded because it was a democratic	619

Men of letters grateful to Louis XIV	626

Its first effect was to stop the progress of science 632036	636

Another illustration from the vanity of the French and pride	639

Intellectual decay under Louis XIV was seen in every department	644

And from every branch of literature 651652	651

Admiration of England expressed by Frenchmen 668669	668

Analogy between the Reformation and the revolutions of the seven	701

Which becaine more marked in Mezerays history in 1613 710711	710

His History of Charles XII	734

A remark of his adopted by Constant	740

Both were opposed by the clergy and nobles Natural alliance	746

Who had repeated the most childish absurdities respecting	748

CHAPTER X	760

Difference between certainty and precision	763

But owing to the progress of knowledge a counter reaction	768

Abolition of the Jesuits	784

And in Condillac	796

But in France immense impetus was given to zoology by Cuvier	810

Connexion between these views and subsequent discoveries 816819	816

Great and successful efforts made by the French in botany 828831	828

Analogy between this and Pinels work on insanity 834835	834

The same democratic tendency was observable in changes of dress 841842	841

Summary of the causes of the French Revolution 848850	848

מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל

History of Civilization in England: In Three Volumes, כרך 1
Henry Thomas Buckle‏
תצוגה מלאה - 1885

History of Civilization in England: In Three Volumes, כרך 1
Henry Thomas Buckle‏
תצוגה מלאה - 1894

History of Civilization in England: In Three Volumes, כרך 1
Henry Thomas Buckle‏
תצוגה מלאה - 1908

הצג הכל »

מונחים וביטויים נפוצים

able according ancient appears attempt authority become believe called Catholic cause century church circumstances civilization classes clergy Compare consequence considerable considered Correspond course doubt early ecclesiastical edit effect England English Europe Euvres evidence existence fact favour feelings followed France French give hand Hist human ignorant important increase influence inquiry instance intellectual interests king knowledge known laws less Letters literature Lives Lond Lord matters means Mém mind moral natural never nobles noticed observed opinions origin Paris party period persons philosophy physical political possessed present principles produced progress Protestants proved question reason regard reign relation religion religious remarkable respecting result Richelieu says society spirit success things thought tion truth Univ Voltaire whole writers

מידע ביבליוגרפי

QR code for History of Civilization in England by Henry Thomas Buckle

כותרת	History of Civilization in England by Henry Thomas Buckle, כרך 1 מהדורה 55 מתוך From The British quarterly review
מאת	Henry Thomas Buckle
מהדורה	2
הוצאה	John W. Parker and Son, 1858
מקור מאת	הספריה הלאומית המרכזית של פירנצה
דיגיטלי	26 יוני 2013
אורך	854 עמודים

ייצא ציטוט ביביליוגרפי	BiBTeX EndNote RefMan

הכל על 'Google ספרים' - מדיניות פרטיות - תנאים והגבלות - מידע עבור מוציאים לאור - דיווח על בעיה - עזרה - דף הבית של Google