History of the Intellectual Development of Europe

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John William Draper. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe

History of the Intellectual Development of Europe

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Volume 1

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CHAPTER I. ON THE GOVERNMENT OF NATURE BY LAW

Chapter II. OF EUROPE: ITS TOPOGRAPHY AND ETHNOLOGY

ITS PRIMITIVE MODES OF THOUGHT, AND THEIR PROGRESSIVE VARIATIONS, MANIFESTED IN THE GREEK AGE OF CREDULITY

CHAPTER III. DIGRESSION ON HINDU THEOLOGY AND EGYPTIAN CIVILIZATION

CHAPTER IV. GREEK AGE OF INQUIRY

RISE AND DECLINE OF PHYSICAL SPECULATION

CHAPTER V. THE GREEK AGE OF FAITH

RISE AND DECLINE OF ETHICAL PHILOSOPHY

CHAPTER VI. THE GREEK AGE OF REASON

RISE OF SCIENCE

CHAPTER VII. THE GREEK AGE OF INTELLECTUAL DECREPITUDE

THE DEATH OF GREEK PHILOSOPHY

CHAPTER VIII. DIGRESSION ON THE HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHICAL INFLUENCES OF ROME

PREPARATION FOR RESUMING THE EXAMINATION OF THE INTELLECTUAL PROGRESS OF EUROPE

CHAPTER IX. 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 CHRISTIANITY

CHAPTER X. THE EUROPEAN AGE OF FAITH

AGE OF FAITH IN THE EAST

CHAPTER XI. PREMATURE END OF THE AGE OF FAITH IN THE EAST

THE THREE ATTACKS, VANDAL, PERSIAN, ARAB

CHAPTER XII. THE AGE OF FAITH IN THE WEST

CHAPTER XIII. DIGRESSION ON THE PASSAGE OF THE ARABIANS TO THEIR AGE OF REASON

INFLUENCE OF MEDICAL IDEAS THROUGH THE NESTORIANS AND JEWS

CHAPTER XIV. THE AGE OF FAITH IN THE WEST—(Continued)

IMAGE-WORSHIP AND THE MONKS

Volume 2

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CHAPTER I. THE AGE OF FAITH IN THE WEST. THE THREE ATTACKS: NORTHERN OR MORAL; WESTERN OR INTELLECTUAL; EASTERN OR MILITARY

THE NORTHERN OR MORAL ATTACK ON THE ITALIAN SYSTEM, AND ITS TEMPORARY REPULSE

CHAPTER II. THE AGE OF FAITH IN THE WEST—(Continued)

THE WESTERN OR INTELLECTUAL ATTACK ON THE ITALIAN SYSTEM

CHAPTER III. THE AGE OF FAITH IN THE WEST—(Continued)

OVERTHROW OF THE ITALIAN SYSTEM BY THE COMBINED INTELLECTUAL AND MORAL ATTACK

CHAPTER IV. THE AGE OF FAITH IN THE WEST—(Concluded)

EFFECT OF THE EASTERN OR MILITARY ATTACK.—GENERAL REVIEW OF THE AGE OF FAITH

CHAPTER V. APPROACH OF THE AGE OF REASON IN EUROPE

IT IS PRECEDED BY MARITIME DISCOVERY

CHAPTER VI. APPROACH OF THE AGE OF REASON IN EUROPE

IT IS PRECEDED BY THE RISE OF CRITICISM

CHAPTER VII. DIGRESSION ON THE CONDITION OF ENGLAND AT THE END OF THE AGE OF FAITH

RESULTS PRODUCED BY THE AGE OF FAITH

CHAPTER VIII. 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

CHAPTER IX. THE EUROPEAN AGE OF REASON—(Continued)

HISTORY OF THE EARTH.—HER SUCCESSIVE CHANGES IN THE COURSE OF TIME

CHAPTER X. THE EUROPEAN AGE OF REASON—(Continued)

THE NATURE AND RELATIONS OF MAN

CHAPTER XI. THE EUROPEAN AGE OF REASON—(Continued)

THE UNION OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY

CHAPTER XII. CONCLUSION.—THE FUTURE OF EUROPE

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John William Draper

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Effects of the seasons on animals and plants.

In the month of March the sun crosses the equator, dispensing his rays more abundantly over our northern hemisphere. Following in his train, a wave of verdure expands towards the pole. The luxuriance is in proportion to the local brilliancy. The animal world is also affected. Pressed forward, or solicited onward by the warmth, the birds of passage commence their annual migration, keeping pace with the developing vegetation beneath. As summer declines, this orderly advance of light and life is followed by an orderly retreat, and in its turn the southern hemisphere presents the same glorious phenomenon. Once every year the life of the earth pulsates; now there is an abounding vitality, now a desolation. But what is the cause of all this? It is only mechanical. The earth's axis of rotation is inclined to the plane of her orbit of revolution round the sun.

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