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May 3, 2006 · ADVERTISEMENT OF THE AMERICAN EDITION. VOLNEY'S RUINS; OR MEDITATION ON THE REVOLUTIONS OF EMPIRES. The superior merits of this work are too well known to require commendation; but as it is not generally known that there are in circulation three English translations of it, varying materially in regard to faithfulness and elegance of diction, the publisher of the present edition inserts the ...
Travelling in a vast area (Ottoman Empire and Egypt and Syria) in the year 1784 and visiting the ruins of the ancient city of Palmyra, Volney, unknowingly, summons the Ghost of the ruins with his many questions and melancholic state:what about those times of abundance and life? ...where are the palaces?...what caused the destruction?... why the ...
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Apr 2, 1991 · Paperback – April 2, 1991. From first-hand observations and study, Volney demonstrates that early Nile Valley Africans provided a basis for the civilization of his time. Book recommendations, author interviews, editors' picks, and more. Read it now.
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- Constantin-François Volney
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In 1791 his essay on the philosophy of history appeared, Les Ruines, ou méditations sur les révolutions des empires. It conveys a vision predicting the union of all religions through the recognition of the common truths underlying them all.
The Ruins: or a Survery of the Revolutions of Empires. Constantin-François Chasseboeuf, Marquis de Volney (author) Volney’s best known work deals with the origins of human society, of government and laws, the evolution of society, and the reasons for the decline and fall of empires. Read Now.
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Ruins of Empire Les Ruines, ou méditations sur les révolutions des empires by Constantin François Chasseboeuf, comte de Volney (1757-1820) is one of the geniunely radical documents produced in the early years of the French Revolution, a work that severely critiques all the reigning ideologies of the world -- whether political or theological -- and proposes their abolition.
The Ruins of Empire. By C. F. Volney. THE RUINS, OR, MEDITATION ON THE REVOLUTIONS OF EMPIRES: AND THE LAW OF NATURE, BY C. F. VOLNEY, COMTE ET PAIR DE FRANCE, COMMANDER DE LA LÉGION D'HONNEUR, MEMBRE DE L' ACADÉMIE FRANÇAISE, ET DE PLUSIEURS AUTRES SOCIÉTÉS SAVANTES.
