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The idea of progress is often associated with the Western notion of a straight linear direction as developed by [[Aristotle]], or the more complex notion as developed by [[Plato]]. Both versions are found in Judeo-Christian [[doctrine]]. The idea spread during the [[Renaissance]] in early modern Europe, marking the end of the [[static]] view of [[history]] and society which characterized feudalism. Belief in progress was a dominant paradigm in the 18th and 19th centuries, and the Industrial Revolution.
The idea of progress is often associated with the Western notion of a straight linear direction as developed by [[Aristotle]], or the more complex notion as developed by [[Plato]]. Both versions are found in Judeo-Christian [[doctrine]]. The idea spread during the [[Renaissance]] in early modern Europe, marking the end of the [[static]] view of [[history]] and society which characterized feudalism. Belief in progress was a dominant paradigm in the 18th and 19th centuries, and the Industrial Revolution.
<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Progress''''', follow this link.</center>
<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Progress''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Progress this link].</center>
==Antiquity==
==Antiquity==
Historian J. B. Bury argued that thought in ancient Greece was dominated by the theory of world-cycles or the doctrine of eternal return, and was steeped in a [[belief]] parallel to the Judaic "fall of man," but rather from a preceding "Golden Age" of innocence and simplicity. [[Time]] was generally regarded as the enemy of [[humanity]] which depreciates the [[value]] of the world. He credits the [[Epicureans]] with having had a potential for leading to the [[foundation]] of a theory of Progress through their [[materialistic]] acceptance of the atomism of Democritus as the explanation for a world without an intervening [[Deity]]. "For them, the earliest condition of men resembled that of the beasts, and from this primitive and miserable condition they laboriously reached the existing fragile [[state]] of [[civilization]], not by external guidance or as a consequence of some initial [[design]], but simply by the exercise of human [[intelligence]] throughout a long period."
Historian J. B. Bury argued that thought in ancient Greece was dominated by the theory of world-cycles or the doctrine of eternal return, and was steeped in a [[belief]] parallel to the Judaic "fall of man," but rather from a preceding "Golden Age" of innocence and simplicity. [[Time]] was generally regarded as the enemy of [[humanity]] which depreciates the [[value]] of the world. He credits the [[Epicureans]] with having had a potential for leading to the [[foundation]] of a theory of Progress through their [[materialistic]] acceptance of the atomism of Democritus as the explanation for a world without an intervening [[Deity]]. "For them, the earliest condition of men resembled that of the beasts, and from this primitive and miserable condition they laboriously reached the existing fragile [[state]] of [[civilization]], not by external guidance or as a consequence of some initial [[design]], but simply by the exercise of human [[intelligence]] throughout a long period."
faith in reason and scientific/scholarly knowledge obtained through reason
faith in reason and scientific/scholarly knowledge obtained through reason
intrinsic importance and worth of life on earth.
intrinsic importance and worth of life on earth.
==Quote==
This ancient [[culture]] (China) has contributed much to [[human]] [[happiness]]; millions of human beings have lived and died, blessed by its achievements. For centuries this great [[civilization]] has rested upon the laurels of the past, but it is even now reawakening to en[[vision]] anew the goals of [[mortal]] [[existence]], once again to take up the unremitting struggle for never-ending '''progress'''.[https://mercy.urantia.org/cgi-bin/webglimpse/mfs/usr/local/www/data/papers?link=https://mercy.urantia.org/papers/paper79.html&file=/usr/local/www/data/papers/paper79.html&line=172#mfs]
==Definition==
==Definition==
* I. The course or process of a series of actions, events, etc., through time; advancement through such a course.
* I. The course or process of a series of actions, events, etc., through time; advancement through such a course.
:c. Motion forwards, as opposed to rest or regress; advance. Also in figurative contexts.
:c. Motion forwards, as opposed to rest or regress; advance. Also in figurative contexts.
:d. A region or distance traversed. Obs. rare.
:d. A region or distance traversed. Obs. rare.
==External links and references==
==External links and references==
* Murray, Charles, [http://www.hooverdigest.org/013/murray.html The Idea of Progress: Once Again, with Feeling] ''from the [http://www.hooverdigest.org/ Hoover Digest]''
* Murray, Charles, [https://www.hooverdigest.org/013/murray.html The Idea of Progress: Once Again, with Feeling] ''from the [https://www.hooverdigest.org/ Hoover Digest]''
* Nisbet, Robert A., [http://oll.libertyfund.org/Essays/Bibliographical/Nisbet0190/Progress.html The Idea Of Progress], ''from the [http://oll.libertyfund.org/ Online Library of Liberty]''
* Nisbet, Robert A., [https://oll.libertyfund.org/Essays/Bibliographical/Nisbet0190/Progress.html The Idea Of Progress], ''from the [https://oll.libertyfund.org/ Online Library of Liberty]''
* Bury, J.B., 1920 [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/4557 The Idea of Progress: An Inquiry into its Origin and Growth]'' from [http://www.gutenberg.org/ Project Gutenberg]''
* Bury, J.B., 1920 [https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/4557 The Idea of Progress: An Inquiry into its Origin and Growth]'' from [https://www.gutenberg.org/ Project Gutenberg]''
* Plato, ''[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1750 The Laws]'' (from [http://www.gutenberg.org/ Project Gutenberg])
* Plato, ''[https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1750 The Laws]'' (from [https://www.gutenberg.org/ Project Gutenberg])
* Plato, ''[http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1738 The Statesman]'' (from [http://www.gutenberg.org/ Project Gutenberg])
* Plato, ''[https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/1738 The Statesman]'' (from [https://www.gutenberg.org/ Project Gutenberg])
* St. Augustine, 426, [http://thirdmill.org/files/english/texts/ecf/npnf1.2.zip The City of God] from [http://www.thirdmill.org/ Third Millennium Ministries], [http://thirdmill.org/books/series.asp/category/bookssub8#ecf Early Church Fathers]
* St. Augustine, 426, [https://thirdmill.org/files/english/texts/ecf/npnf1.2.zip The City of God] from [https://www.thirdmill.org/ Third Millennium Ministries], [https://thirdmill.org/books/series.asp/category/bookssub8#ecf Early Church Fathers]
==References==
==References==
#Dodds, E. R., The Ancient Concept of Progress
#Dodds, E. R., The Ancient Concept of Progress
