- 1Note — Introduction
- 2Preface
- 3Preface by the Author: On Political Ignorance and Wisdom
- 4Book First. The Structure of the Ancient Society
- 5I — Services and Recompenses of the Clergy
- 6II — Services and Recompenses of the Nobles
- 7III — Services and Recompenses of the King
- 8Chapter II | The Privileged Classes
- 9II — Their Possessions, Capital, and Revenue
- 10III — Their Immunities
- 11IV — Their Feudal Rights
- 12V — They May Be Justified by Local and General Services
- 13Chapter III | Local Services Due by the Privileged Classes
- 14II — Resident Seigniors
- 15III — Absentee Seigniors
- 16Chapter IV | Public Services Due by the Privileged Classes
- 17II — The Clergy
- 18III — Influence of the Nobles
- 19IV — Isolation of the Chiefs
- 20V — The King’s Incompetence and Generosity
- 21VI — Latent Disorganization in France
- 22Book Second. Morals and Characters — Chapter I. Moral Principles Un…
- 23I. Versailles
- 24II — The King’s Household
- 25III — The King’s Associates
- 26IV — Everyday Life in Court
- 27V — Royal Distractions
- 28VI — Upper Class Distractions
- 29VII — Provincial Nobility
- 30Chapter II | Drawing Room Life
- 31II — Social Life Has Priority
- 32III — Universal Pleasure Seeking
- 33IV — Enjoyment
- 34V — Happiness
- 35VI — Gaiety
- 36VII — Theater, Parade and Extravagance
- 37Chapter III | Disadvantages of This Drawing Room Life
- 38II — Return to Nature and Sentiment
- 39III — Personality Defects
- 40Book Third. The Spirit and the Doctrine
- 41I — Scientific Progress
- 42II — Science Detached From Theology
- 43III — The Transformation of History
- 44IV — The New Psychology
- 45V — The Analytical Method
- 46Chapter II — The Classic Spirit, the Second Element
- 47I — Through Colored Glasses
- 48II — Its Original Deficiency
- 49III — The Mathematical Method
- 50Chapter III | Combination of the Two Elements
- 51II — Ancestral Tradition and Culture
- 52III — Reason at War With Illusion
- 53IV — Casting Out the Residue of Truth and Justice
- 54V — The Dream of a Return to Nature
- 55VI — The Abolition of Society. Rousseau
- 56VII — The Lost Children
- 57Chapter IV | Organizing the Future Society
- 58II — Naive Convictions
- 59III — Our True Human Nature
- 60IV — Birth of Socialist Theory, Its Two Sides
- 61V — Social Contract, Summary
- 62Book Fourth. The Propagation of the Doctrine
- 63I — The Propagating Organ, Eloquence
- 64II — Its Method
- 65III — Its Popularity
- 66IV — The Masters
- 67Chapter II | The French Public
- 68II — Conditions in France
- 69III — French Indolence
- 70IV — Unbelief
- 71V — Political Opposition
- 72VI — Well-Meaning Government
- 73Chapter III | The Middle Class
- 74II — Change in the Condition of the Bourgeois
- 75III — Social Promotion
- 76IV — Rousseau’s Philosophy Spreads and Takes Hold
- 77V — Revolutionary Passions
- 78VI — Summary
- 79Book Fifth. The People — Chapter I. Hardships
- 80II — The Peasants
- 81III — The Countryside
- 82IV — The Peasant Becomes Landowner
- 83Chapter II | Taxation the Principal Cause of Misery
- 84II — Local Conditions
- 85III — The Common Laborer
- 86IV — Collections and Seizures — Observe the System Actually at Work…
- 87V — Indirect Taxes
- 88VI — Burdens and Exemptions
- 89VII — Municipal Taxation
- 90VIII — Complaints in the Registers
- 91Chapter III | Intellectual State of the People
- 92II — Political Incapacity
- 93III — Destructive Impulses
- 94IV — Insurrectionary Leaders and Recruits
- 95Chapter IV | The Armed Forces
- 96II — The Social Organization Is Dissolved
- 97III — Direction of the Current
- 98Chapter V | Summary
- 99II — Aspirations for the ‘Great Revolution’
The Ancient Regime
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