J.B.Bury’s works – 1913

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HISTORY OF FREEDOM OF THOUGHT

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by John B. Bury

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Rodin – the thinker (1880)

[sd-1913] 1st ed. cover

[sd-1913] 1st ed. front page

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This idea [Progress] means that civilisation has moved, is moving, and will move in a desirable direction. But in order to judge that we are moving in a desirable direction we should have to know precisely what the destination is. To the minds of most people the desirable outcome of human development would be a condition of society in which all the inhabitants of the planet would enjoy a perfectly happy existence. But it is impossible to be sure that civilisation is moving in the right direction to realise this aim.

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John B. Bury (1861-1927)

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