History of civilization in England, Volume 1

Henry Thomas Buckle

1874

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CIVILIZATION IN ENGLAND	1

And from that of Bossuet	20

Operation of these agents on the accumulation of wealth	45

85	57

Decline in physiology in surgery and in medicine	82

Influence of the general aspects of nature upon the imagination	85

This proposition illustrated by a comparison between Hindustan	92

621624	100

Theology separated from morals and from politics 306307	306

Doctrine of personal representation and idea of independence	312

But discouraged by George III under whom began a dangerous	319

Importance of the Revolution	324

Ability and accomplishments of Burke 325329	325

Statistics prove the regularity of actions in regard to murder and other	334

The king now favoured him 341342	341

This also reacted upon England	348

Further illustration from Central America	107

Examination of the two metaphysical methods of generalizing men	118

MENTAL LAWS ARE EITHER MORAL OR INTELLECTUAL	121

Illustrations from the history of French	124

There is no evidence that the natural faculties of man improve	127

Illustrations of this from Rome and Spain	133

The invention of gunpowder	161

Comparison of the history of England with that of France 169171	169

ence to theological matters	173

Necessity of ascertaining the fundamental laws of intellectual pro	176

Great advantage of this	180

Influence of religion on the progress of society 184191	184

The first sceptic was not Rabelais but Montaigne	189

And from Sweden and Scotland 191193	191

Influence of government on the progress of society	197

They have also increased hypocrisy and perjury 204205	204

The earliest histories are ballads 212215	212

Failure of these methods	216

A change of religion in any country also tends to corrupt its early	218

Illustration of this from the history of Charlemagne by Turpin 231232	231

Narrow range of knowledge possessed by historians	233

165166	235

And in the predictions of Stoffler respecting the Deluge	239

Object of the present work	244

The clergy are naturally hostile to physical science because it lessens	256

366367	258

Universal decline of France during the latter part of the reign	261

Continuation of the movement by Charron	267

Human actions if not the result of fixed laws must be due to chance	271

encouraged the Protestants	276

627	278

These improvements were due to the sceptical and inquiring spirit 279280	279

This alliance was dissolved by the Declaration of Indulgence	286

The most remarkable steps in favour of toleration were however	298

After the Revolution the ablest men confined themselves to secular	299

He supported the new secular scheme of government against the	350

Also respecting the number of marriages annually contracted	353

But owing to the progress of knowledge a counter reaction	357

Hence the French Protestants being headed by the clergy become	358

The nobles displace the clergy and celibacy is opposed by the prin	360

CHAPTER VIII	363

But in France immense impetus was given to zoology by Cuvier	364

397398	370

Bichats views respecting the tissues	371

Evidence of the illiberality of the French Protestants	376

442	379

This liberal policy on the part of the government was only part of	417

444	420

Recapitulation of preceding arguments	430

And by Mazarin	431

CHAPTER IX	440

This state contrasted with that of England	454

Another illustration from the vanity of the French and pride of	460

In the reign of Elizabeth both classes were weakened	468

Coinciding with this the feudal system and an hereditary aristocracy	469

Vanity and imbecility of the French nobles	479

CHAPTER XI	490

CHAPTER XII	517

The historian must ascertain whether mind or nature has most influ	532

In France literature was the last resource of liberty	541

CHAPTER XIII	553

Improvement in the method of writing history late in the sixteenth	566

His anticipation of Malthus	582

And on the pedantic admirers of antiquity	588

The works of Montesquieu and value of his method	596

Influence of Rousseau	604

Just at the same time the government began to attack the church	618

Analogy between this and Pinels work on insanity	657

Influence of the American Rebellion	669

ALPHABETICAL INDEX	673

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Título	History of civilization in England, Volume 1 History of civilization in England, Henry Thomas Buckle
Autor	Henry Thomas Buckle
Publicação	1874
Original de	Universidade Rutgers
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