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Genre/Form: | History |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Draper, John William, 1811-1882. History of the intellectual development of Europe. New York : Harper & Bros., 1874, ©1862 (OCoLC)894188564 |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
John William Draper |
OCLC Number: | 9162482 |
Notes: | Includes index. |
Description: | xii, 631 pages ; 24 cm |
Contents: | On the government of nature by law -- Of Europe: Its topography and ethnology -- Digression on Hindu theology and Egyptian civilization -- Greek age of inquiry: Rise and decline of physical speculation -- The Greek age of faith: Rise and decline of ethical philosphy -- The Greek age of reason: Rise of science -- The Greek age of intellectual decrepitude: The death of Greek philosphy -- Digression on the history and philosophical influences of Rome: Preparation for resuming the examination of the intellectual progress of Europe -- The European age of inquiry: The progressive variation of opinions closed by the institution of councils and the concentration of power in a pontiff, rise, early variations, conflicts, and final establishment of Christanity -- The European age of faith: Age of faith in the east -- Premature end of the age of faith in the east: The three attacks, Vandal, Persian, Arab -- The age of faith in the west -- Digression on the passage of the Arabians to their age of reason: Influence of medical ideas through the Nestorians and Jews -- The age of faith in the west: Image-worship and the monks -- The three aggacks: Northern or moral, western or intellectual, eastern or military: The normern or moral attack on the Italian system, and its temporary repulse -- The western or intellectual attack on the Italian system -- Overthrow of the Italian system by the combined intellectual and moral attack -- Effect of the eastern or military attack, general review of the age of faiath -- Approach of the age of reason in Europe: It is preceded by maritime discovery -- It is preceded by the rise of ciriticsm -- Digression on the condition of England at the end of the age of faith: Results produced by the age of faith -- The European age of reason: Rejection of authority and tradition, and adoption of scientific truth, discovery of the true position of the earth in the universe -- History of the earth, her successive changes in the course of time -- The nature and realtions of man -- The union of science and industry -- Conclusion: The future of Europe. |
Responsibility: | by John William Draper. |
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