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The Ruins

by Constantin-François Volney

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  1. 1Epigraph
  2. 2Publisher’s Preface
  3. 3Translator’s Preface of the English Edition Published in Paris
  4. 4Preface of the London Edition
  5. 5Preface of the American Edition
  6. 6Paris Translation
  7. 7London Translation
  8. 8Philadelphia Translation
  9. 9Life of Volney
  10. 10Chapter I — The Journey
  11. 11Chapter II — The Reverie
  12. 12Chapter III — The Apparition
  13. 13Chapter IV — The Exposition
  14. 14Chapter V — Condition of Man in the Universe
  15. 15Chapter VI — The Primitive State of Man
  16. 16Chapter VII — Principles of Society
  17. 17Chapter VIII — Sources of the Evils of Society
  18. 18Chapter IX — Origin of Government and Laws
  19. 19Chapter X — General Causes of the Prosperity of Ancient States
  20. 20Chapter XI — General Causes of the Revolutions and Ruin of Ancient…
  21. 21Chapter XII — Lessons of Times Past Repeated on the Present
  22. 22Chapter XIII — Will the Human Race Improve?
  23. 23Chapter XIV — The Great Obstacle to Improvement
  24. 24Chapter XV — The New Age
  25. 25Chapter XVI — A Free and Legislative People
  26. 26Chapter XVII — Universal Basis of All Right and All Law
  27. 27Chapter XVIII — Consternation and Conspiracy of Tyrants
  28. 28Chapter XIX — General Assembly of the Nations
  29. 29Chapter XX — The Search of Truth
  30. 30Chapter XXI — Problem of Religious Contradictions
  31. 31Chapter XXII — Origin and Filiation of Religious Ideas
  32. 32Chapter XXIII — All Religions Have the Same Object
  33. 33Chapter XXIV — Solution of the Problem of Contradictions
  34. 34The Law of Nature
  35. 35Chapter II — Characters of the Law of Nature
  36. 36Chapter III — Principles of the Law of Nature Relating to Man
  37. 37Chapter IV — Basis of Morality; of Good, of Evil, of Sin, of Crime,…
  38. 38Chapter V — Of Individual Virtues
  39. 39Chapter VI — On Temperance
  40. 40Chapter VII — On Continence
  41. 41Chapter VIII — On Courage and Activity
  42. 42Chapter IX — On Cleanliness
  43. 43Chapter X — On Domestic Virtues
  44. 44Chapter XI — The Social Virtues; Justice
  45. 45Chapter XII — Development of the Social Virtues
  46. 46Volney’s Answer to Dr. Priestly

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