Guizot on Progress as the Measure of Civilization

TODAY IN PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY: Guizot on Progress as the Measure of Civilization

Friday 04 October 2024 is the 237th anniversary of the birth of François Pierre Guillaume Guizot (04 October 1787 – 12 September 1874), who was born in Nîmes, France, on this date in 1787, and who went on to hold many of the highest political offices in France.

Guizot led a long and eventful life that involved both extensive literary work and engagement with the political life of his time. His histories of European civilization and French civilization are distinctive in their transmutation of the Enlightenment theme of progress, which Guizot re-interprets in the light of nineteenth century experience.

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