The Ruins and the Law of Nature: Meditation on the Revolutions of EmpiresHealth Research Books, 1987 - 226 pages 1890 Or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires: and the Law of Nature. This book was published for the first time in 1793, under the title of the French Citizen's Catechism. Sample of contents: Journey; Reverie; Apparition; Exposition; Conditi. |
Contents
3 | 18 |
Sources of the Evils of Societies | 25 |
Lessons of Times Past repeated on the Present | 41 |
XIII | 53 |
The Great Obstacle to Improvement | 59 |
A Free and Legislative People | 67 |
Origin and Filiation of Religious Ideas | 110 |
ture State | 136 |
Solution of the Problem of Contradictions | 172 |
THE LAW OF NATURE Chap I Of the Law of Nature | 177 |
Characters of the Law of Nature | 179 |
Principles of the Law of Nature relating to Man | 183 |
Basis of Morality of Good of Evil of Sin of Crime of Vice and of Virtue | 186 |
Of Individual Virtues | 188 |
On Temperance | 190 |
On Continence | 192 |
Sixth System The Animated World or Worship of the Universe under diverse Emblems | 140 |
Seventh System Worship of the Soul of the World that is to say the Element of Fire Vital Principle of the Universe | 143 |
Worship of the DemiOurgos or Grand Artificer | 145 |
Religion of Moses or Worship of the Soul of the World Youpiter | 149 |
Religion of Zoroaster | 152 |
Christianity or the Allegorical Worship of the Sun under the cabalistic names of Chrishen or Christ and Yesus or Jesus | 153 |
All Religions have the same Object | 162 |
On Courage and Activity | 194 |
On Cleanliness | 197 |
On Domestic Virtues | 198 |
The Social Virtues Justice | 202 |
Development of the Social Virtues | 204 |
Volneys Answer to Dr Priestly | 211 |
The Zodiacal Signs and Constellations I | |
Common terms and phrases
action Ahrimanes ancient animals became Beddou body called causes celestial CHAPTER chiefs Christian civil constellations cupidity desert despotism divine doctrine earth Egypt Egyptians empire equal error Essenians eternal Euphrates evil existence formed Genius gods hand happiness hath heart heaven human race ideas ignorance India individual inhabitants Jesus justice kings Kneph labors Lama law of nature legislator liberty living Mahomet means metempsychosis mind Mithra moral Moses multitude Mussulmans mysteries nations Nineveh object observed opinions oppressed origin Osiris passions Persians physical Plutarch Porphyry preservation pretended priests principle prophet Pythagoras reason Red Sea religion render ruins sacred Samaneans Samoyede sect senses serpent silence simple men society sometimes soul spirit stars Strabo Syria temples Thebes things thou thousand tion tombs truth Typhon tyrants universe Vichenou virtue Volney whole wisdom words worship zodiac Zoroaster