THE IDEA OF PROGRESS

AN INQUIRY INTO ITS ORIGIN AND GROWTH

By J. B. Bury

Regius Professor Of Modern History,
And Fellow Of King's College, In The University Of Cambridge


Dedicated to the memories of Charles Francois Castel de Saint-Pierre,
Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas Caritat de Condorcet, Auguste Comte, Herbert
Spencer, and other optimists mentioned in this volume.
Tantane uos generis tenuit fiducia uestri?