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Book I
1. Our Earth is a Star among Stars
2. Our Earth is one of the Middle Planets
3. Our Earth has undergone many Revolutions ere it became what it now is
4. Our Earth is an Orb, which revolves around its own Axis in an oblique direction towards the Sun
5. Our Earth is enveloped with an Atmosphere, and is in conflict with several of the celestial Bodies
6. The Planet we inhabit is an Earth of Mountains, rising above the Surface of the Waters
7. The Direction of the Mountain renders our two Hemispheres a Theater of the most singular Variety and Change
Book II
1. Our Earth is a grand Laboratory for the Organization of very different Beings
2. The Vegetable Kingdom of our Earth considered with respect to the History of Man
3. The Animal Kingdom in relation to the History of Man
4. Man is a Creature of a middle kind among terrestrial Animals
Book III
1. The Structure of Plants and Animals compared with regard to the Organization of Man
2. A Comparison of the various organic Powers that operate in Animals
3. Examples of the Physiological Structure of some Animals
4. On the Instincts of Animals
5. Advancement of the Creature to a combination of several Ideas, and to a particular freer use of the Senses and Limbs
6. Organic Difference between Man and Beasts
Book IV
1. Man is organized to a Capacity of Reasoning
2. Retrospect from the Organization of the human Head to inferior Creature to inferior creatures, the Heads of which approach it in Form
3. Man is organized for more perfect Senses, for the exercise of Art and the use of Language
4. Man is organized to finer Instincts and in consequence to Freedom of Action
5. Man is organized to the most delicate State of Health, yet at the same time to the longest Durability, and to spread over the earth
6. Man is formed for Humanity and Religion
7. Man is formed for the Hope of Immortality
Book V
1. A Series of ascending Forms and Powers prevails in our Earthly Creation
2. No power in Nature is without an Organ, but the Organ is in no Instance the Power itself that operates by its Means
3. The general Composition of Powers and Forms is neither retrograde nor stationary but progressive
4. The Sphere of human Organization is a System of spiritual Powers
5. Our Humanity is only Preparation, the Bud of a future Flower
6. The present State of Man is probably the connecting Link of two Worlds
Book VI
1. Organization of the People that dwell near the North Pole
2. Organization of the Nations on the Asiatic Ridge of the earth
3. Organization of the Region of well-formed Nations
4. Organization of the People of Africa
5. Organization of Man in the Islands of the torrid Zone
6. Organization of the Americans
7. Conclusion
Book VII
1. Notwithstanding the Varieties of the human Form, there is but one and the same Species of Man throughout the Whole of our Earth
2. The one Species of Man has naturalized itself in every Climate upon Earth
3. What is Climate, and what Effect has it informing the Body and Mind of Man
4. The genetic Power is the Mother of all the Forms upon Earth, Climate acting merely as an Auxiliary or Antagonist
5. Concluding Remarks on the Opposition between Genesis and Climate
Book VIII
1. The Appetites of the human Species vary with their Form and Climate; but a less brutal Use of the Senses universally leads to Humanity
2. The human Fancy is everywhere organic and climatic, but it is everywhere led by Tradition
3. The practical Understanding of the human Species has everywhere grown up under the Wants of Life, but everywhere it is a Blossom of the Genius of the People, a Son of Tradition and Custom
4. The Feelings and Inclinations of Men are everywhere conformable to their Organization, and the Circumstances in which they live, but they are everywhere swayed by Custom and Opinion
5. The Happiness of Man is in all Places an individual Good, consequently it is everywhere climatic and organic, the Offspring of Practice, Tradition, and Custom
Book IX
1. Ready as Man is to imagine he produces everything from himself, he is nevertheless dependant on others for the Development of his Faculties
2. Language is the special Mean of improving Man
3. All the Arts and Sciences of Mankind have been invented through Imitation, Reason, and Language
4. Governments are established Regulations among Men, chiefly founded on hereditary Tradition
5. Religion is the most ancient and sacred Tradition upon the earth
Book X
1. Our Earth is an Earth peculiarly formed for its animate Creation
2. Where was the Place of the Formation and most ancient Abode of Man?
3. History and the Progress of Civilization afford historical Proofs that the human Species originated in Africa
4. Asiatic Traditions on the Creation of the earth and the Origin of the human Species
5. The most ancient written Tradition concerning the Origin of the History of Man
6. Continuation of the most ancient written Tradition concerning the Commencement of the History of Man
7. Conclusion of the most ancient written Tradition concerning the Commencement of the History of Man
Book XI
1. China
2. Cochin-China, Tonquin, Laos, Korea, eastern Tatary, Japan
3. Tibet
4. Hindostan
5. General Reflections on the History of these States
Book XII
1. Babylon, Assyria, Chaldea
2. Medes and Persians
3. The Hebrews
4. Phoenicia and Carthage
5. The Egyptians
6. Further Hints toward a Philosophy of the History of Man
Book XIII
1. The Situation and Peopling of Greece
2. The Language, Mythology, and Poetry of Greece
3. The Arts of the Greeks
4. The moral and political Wisdom of the Greeks
5. Scientific Acquirements of the Greeks
6. History of the Revolutions of Greece
7. General Reflections on the History of Greece
Book XIV
1. Etruscans and Latins
2. The Dispositions of Rome for a sovereign political and military State
3. Conquests of the Romans
4. The Decline of Rome
5. Character, Sciences, and Arts of the Romans
6. General Reflections on the History and Fate of Rome
Book XV
1. Humanity is the End of human Nature, and with this End God has put their own Fate into the Hands of Mankind
2. All the destructive Powers in Nature must not only yield in the Course of Time to the maintaining Powers, but must ultimately be subservient to the Consummation of the Whole
3. The human Race is destined to proceed through various Degrees of Civilization, in various Mutations; but the Permanency of its Welfare is founded solely and essentially on Reason and Justice
4. From the Laws of their internal Nature, Reason and Justice must gain more Footing among Men in the Course of Time, and promote a more durable Humanity
5. A wise Goodness disposes the Fate of Mankind, therefore there is no nobler Merit, no purer and more durable Happiness, than to cooperate in its Designs
Book XVI
1. Basques, Gael, and Cimbri
2. Fins, Lettonians, and Prussians
3. German Nations
4. Slavic Nations
5. Foreign Nations in Europe
6. General Reflections and Deductions
Book XVII
1. Origin of Christianity, with the fundamental Principles it included
2. Propagation of Christianity in the East
3. Progress of Christianity in the Grecian Countries
4. Progress of Christianity in the Latin Provinces
Book XVIII
1. Kingdoms of the Visigoths, Sueves, Alans, and Vandals
2. Kingdoms of the Ostrogoths and Lombards
3. Kingdoms of the Allemans, Burgundians, and Franks
4. Kingdoms of the Saxons, Normans, and Danes
5. The Northern Kingdoms, and Germany
6. General View of the Institutions of the German Kingdoms in Europe
Book XIX
1. Romish Hierarchy
2. Effects of the Hierarchy on Europe
3. Temporal Protestors of the Church
4. Kingdoms of the Arabs
5. Effects of the Arabian Kingdoms
6. General Reflections
Book XX
1. The Spirit of Commerce in Europe
2. Spirit of Chivalry in Europe
3. The Crusades and their Consequences
4. Cultivation of Reason in Europe
5. Institutions and Discoveries in Europe
6. Conclusions
Endnotes
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