Historical Philosophy in France and French Belgium and Switzerland

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W. Blackwood, 1893 - 706 sider

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Ferrand and the theory of revolutions
127
V
136
Aristotle clearly recognised the political significance of history
146
sketch of his career
157
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
Bodin was the first French writer who took a philosophical survey
190
His recognition of progress in history
196
HISTORIOGRAPHY AND HISTORICAL
202
Bayles influence upon historiography
209
II
216
Attempted to explain the causes of the rise and fall of empires
222
justice only to the Christian element in history
229
GENERAL SURVEY MONTESQUIEU TURGOT
235
Characteristics of this philosophy
241
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 proved and applied the principle that the course of human
276
The profundity comprehensiveness and consistency of his view
283
IV
289
Summary of it
295
Rousseaus character and influence
307
How Rousseaus tenets affected social speculation and practice
313
Represented intellectual progress as entirely dependent upon
319
II
325
He maintained the direction of progress to be towards
331
Walckenaers Essay on the History of Humanity
339
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
THE ULTRAMONTANIST AND LIBERAL
366
Their defence of absolute authority as the basis of society
372
And of the State
378
Ballanches character and writings
382
It produced a number of influential historical works
388
THE SOCIALISTIC SCHOOLS
394
His attempt to explain history by physical
400
CALLED ECLECTIC AND DOCTRINARIAN HIS
452
He errs in substituting human reason for human nature
458
His distribution of history into the three epochs of the infinite
465
The theory of nations examined
471
II
480
How far it is inconclusive
486
Guizots character and career
492
Holds French civilisation to be the type or model of European
498
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
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
NATURALISM AND POSITIVISM
575
He was virtually ignorant of German philosophy
582
The three chief laws regulative of human evolution
596
mirable
604
Attempts to prove the unity of Comtes life and doctrine have been
608
His treatment of facts inconsistent until it involved him in obvious
614
Spread of the positivist spirit
620
The characteristics of his mental organisation
626
Asserts the correlation of the component parts of civilisation
632
How far his History of English Literature accomplished
633
Véron Mougeolle and Bourdeau
639
His historical philosophy is critical not speculative
646
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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