Bøker av J. B. Bury

Most people who live in open societies, especially in the West, take freedom of thought and the right to express that thought for granted. But through most of history, independent thinking, outside of the framework of social or religious convention, was discouraged and often actively persecuted. It is only recently that rational critiques of traditional perspectives have become an accepted part of public discourse. The struggle for independence of mind was many centuries in the making and involved repression, bloodshed, and martyrdom as well as breakthrough discoveries and heroic individuals who changed the way we look at the world, many times at risk to their own lives. One of the best surveys of this dramatic intellectual history is J. B. Bury's Freedom of Thought. With striking eloquence and clarity of expression, Bury succinctly describes the struggle of reason in the search for truth from ancient times to the beginning of the 20th century. He leads the reader from the amazing florescence of rational inquiry in classical Greece, through the eclipse of free thought under the sway of religious authority during much of the Middle Ages, to the rediscovery of Greco-Roman philosophy in the Renaissance, and finally to the growth of rationalism during the Enlightenment and the scientific revolution. Along the way, Bury elucidates the key events that contributed to the modern rational comprehension of nature. He also provides thumbnail sketches of the many important persons--philosophers, scientists, and writers--who championed independent thinking and laid the groundwork for contemporary Western culture. Though written more than ninety years ago, this erudite yet very accessible intellectual history should be on the bookshelves of everyone who values reason and independent thinking.

Die "Geschichte der Gedankenfreiheit" ist ein faszinierendes Buch, das den Leser auf eine Reise durch die Jahrhunderte mitnimmt. Der Autor J.B.Bury erzählt von der Antike, als der Geist frei war, von der griechischen und römischen Zeit bis zum Mittelalter, als er gefangen gehalten wurde. Er beschreibt den Kampf um die Befreiung aus der Sklaverei der Gedanken in der Renaissance- und Reformationszeit und das rationale Denken im 17.-19. Jahrhundert. Es ist eine Geschichte des Erleuchtungsabenteuers, die bis zu ihrer Entwicklung zwischen den Jahrhunderten zurückreicht. Ein Nachwort des Herausgebers nimmt Bezug auf das aktuelle Thema der Gedankenfreiheit im Zusammenhang mit dem Klima und der Energiewende. Obwohl das Buch um die Jahrhundertwende geschrieben wurde, ist der Kampf um die Gedankenfreiheit offensichtlich ein nie endender Weg. Es ist eine unverzichtbare Lektüre für alle, denen Gedankenfreiheit wichtig ist.

This book "" The Idea of Progress; An Inquiry Into Its Origin And Growth "" has been considered important throughout the human history. It has been out of print for decades.So that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies and hence the text is clear and readable.

Explore Patrick's place in history, the spread of Christianity beyond the Roman Empire, how Patrick first came to Ireland, the influence of the earlier Palladius on Patrick's work, political and social conditions at that time, and the spiritual battles with the Druids. This 21st century edition now includes notes from other biographers, mystics, historians, and storytellers of Ireland. The ideal place to begin any exploration of a much-loved but little-known saint. "e;Bury proves to be more than a mere dry historian; he turns out to be a fine storyteller as well, and his accounts of Patrick's spiritual duels with Druid priests for the heart and mind of the Irish king are quite gripping."e;-History Book Club"e;Editor-writer Sweeney gives Bury's 1905 biography of the legendary St. Patrick a greater contemporary context in this meticulously researched and presented work Bury wrote what Sweeney calls the 'ideal modern biography' of Patrick Sweeney assembles and rearranges material from Bury's original work and incorporates more of Patrick's own words, from his Confession and Letter against Coroticus. Sweeney's light edits to Bury's text clarify exactly what Patrick did in Ireland, noting that although he did convert some pagan kingdoms, he also was responsible for organizing Christians who were already there and connecting the island with the church of the Roman Empire."e;

In historiography, the Idea of Progress is the theory that advances in technology, science, and social organization inevitably produce an improvement in the general human condition. Meaning, people can be happier in terms of quality of life through economic development and the application of scientific progress. "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."

This 1911 work examines the text (of which Bury provides an edition) of the 'Kletorologion' of Philotheos, an otherwise unknown administrative official at the Byzantine court of Leo VI in the late ninth century. The work is a guide to precedence, which at this time was of great political importance.

This 1912 work argues that the 'Amorian epoch' of the ninth century should not be overshadowed by the better-known periods of Byzantine history before and after it. Bury describes how iconoclasm again became a cause of civil strife, and wars on the eastern frontier strained the empire's resources.

This two-volume 1889 work examines Byzantine history from 395 to 800. The account begins in the year in which, on the death of Theodosius I, the empire was divided into eastern and western parts. Volume 1 covers the period to the deaths of Belisarius and Justinian in 565.

St Patrick is perhaps the most venerated saint of the modern age. This biography dispels many of the myths and paints a portrait of the world around St Patrick, revealing the influences that transformed him from a minor fifth century missionary into the patron saint of Ireland and a source of living inspiration for countless people.

Four distinguished classical scholars write here on aspects of the Hellenistic Age, from the conquest of Alexander the Great down to Rome's completion of her eastern conquests by the annexation of Egypt.