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The Ancient Regime

by Hippolyte Taine

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Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Preface
  3. Preface by the Author: On Political Ignorance and Wisdom
  4. Chapter I. The Origin of Privileges
  5. I. Services and Recompenses of the Clergy
  6. II. Services and Recompenses of the Nobles
  7. III. Services and Recompenses of the King
  8. I. Number of the Privileged Classes
  9. II. Their Possessions, Capital, and Revenue
  10. III. Their Immunities
  11. IV. Their Feudal Rights
  12. V. They may be justified by local and general services
  13. I. Examples in Germany and England.—These services are not rendered by
  14. II. Resident Seigniors
  15. III. Absentee Seigniors
  16. I. England compared to France
  17. II. The Clergy
  18. III. Influence of the Nobles
  19. IV. Isolation of the Chiefs
  20. V. The King's Incompetence and Generosity
  21. VI. Latent Disorganization in France
  22. The Court and a life of pomp and parade
  23. The Physical aspect and the moral character of Versailles
  24. II. The King's Household
  25. III. The King's Associates
  26. IV. Everyday Life In Court
  27. V. Royal Distractions
  28. VI. Upper Class Distractions
  29. VII. Provincial Nobility
  30. I. Perfect only in France
  31. II. Social Life Has Priority
  32. III. Universal Pleasure Seeking
  33. IV. Enjoyment
  34. V. Happiness
  35. VI. Gaiety
  36. VII. Theater, Parade And Extravagance
  37. I. Its Barrenness and Artificiality
  38. II. Return To Nature And Sentiment
  39. III. Personality Defects
  40. Chapter I. Scientific Acquisition
  41. I. Scientific Progress
  42. II. Science Detached From Theology
  43. III. The Transformation Of History
  44. IV. The New Psychology
  45. V. The Analytical Method
  46. Chapter II. The Classic Spirit, the Second Element
  47. I. Through Colored Glasses
  48. II. Its Original Deficiency
  49. III. The Mathematical Method
  50. I. Birth Of A Doctrine, A Revelation
  51. II. Ancestral Tradition And Culture
  52. III. Reason At War With Illusion
  53. IV. Casting Out The Residue Of Truth And Justice
  54. V. The Dream Of A Return To Nature
  55. VI. The Abolition Of Society. Rousseau
  56. VII: The Lost Children
  57. I. Liberty, Equality And Sovereignty Of The People
  58. II. Naive Convictions
  59. III. Our True Human Nature
  60. IV. Birth Of Socialist Theory, Its Two Sides
  61. V. Social Contract, Summary
  62. Chapter I.—Success of This Philosophy in France.—Failure of the Same
  63. I. The Propagating Organ, Eloquence
  64. II. Its Method
  65. III. Its Popularity
  66. IV. The Masters
  67. I. The Nobility
  68. II. Conditions In France
  69. III. French Indolence
  70. IV. Unbelief
  71. V. Political Opposition
  72. VI. Well-Meaning Government
  73. I. The Past
  74. II. Change in the Condition of the Bourgeois
  75. III. Social Promotion
  76. IV. Rousseau's Philosophy Spreads And Takes Hold
  77. V. Revolutionary Passions
  78. VI. Summary
  79. I. Privations
  80. II. The Peasants
  81. III. The Countryside
  82. IV. The Peasant Becomes Landowner
  83. I. Extortion
  84. II. Local Conditions
  85. III. The Common Laborer
  86. IV. Collections And Seizures.—Observe the system actually at work. It
  87. V. Indirect Taxes
  88. VI. Burdens And Exemptions
  89. VII. Municipal Taxation
  90. VIII. Complaints In The Registers 5272
  91. I. Intellectual incapacity
  92. II. Political incapacity
  93. III. Destructive impulses
  94. IV. Insurrectionary leaders and recruits
  95. I. Military force declines
  96. II. The social organization is dissolved
  97. III.--Direction of the current
  98. I. Suicide of the Ancient Regime
  99. II.--Aspirations for the 'Great Revolution.'
  100. End of Volume

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