History of the idea of progress

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction to the Transaction Edition -- Foreword -- PART I: THE GENESIS AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE IDEA OF PROGRESS -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 The Classical World -- Chapter 2 The Early Christians -- Chapter 3 Medieval Currents -- Chapter 4 The Renaissance: Some Cross-Currents -- Chapter 5 The Great Renewal -- PART II: THE TRIUMPH OF THE IDEA OF PROGRESS -- Introduction -- Chapter 6 Progress as Freedom -- Chapter 7 Progress as Power -- Chapter 8 The Persistence of Progress -- Chapter 9 Progress at Bay -- Epilogue -- INDEX