Nineteenth-century thought : the discovery of change / edited by Richard L. Schoenwald.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schoenwald, Richard L., 1927-1995, editor.

Series:

Sources of civilization in the West

A Spectrum book, S-129

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophy, Modern--19th century.

Philosophy, Modern.

Physical Description:

vii, 184 pages ; 21 cm.

8vo.

Place of Publication:

Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, [1965]

Summary:

To the Victorian era above all others in Western history, change meant progress. In Nineteenth-Century Thought, Richard L. Schoenwald focuses on some of the key propositions which buttressed this view.

Contents:

Science will explain man's condition / Karl Marx

The origins of past and present misery / Karl Marx

The inevitable future / Karl Marx

A voyage to new worlds / Charles Darwin

Sketching the basic ideas / Charles Darwin

The origin of species and fame / Charles Darwin

The meaning of man's evolution / Charles Darwin

Let man change their own lives! / Herbert Spencer

Developing a system about development / Herbert Spencer

The foundations of the system / Herbert Spencer

How the fittest survived / Herbert Spencer

The system wrecked by change / Herbert Spencer

"On fortune and misfortune in history" from force and freedom / Jacob Burkhardt.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-184).

Other Format:

Online version: Schoenwald, Richard L., 1927- Nineteenth-century thought.

OCLC:

1175550