J. B. Bury on Progress as Providential Naturalism

TODAY IN PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY: J. B. Bury on Progress as Providential Naturalism

Wednesday 16 October 2024 is the 163rd anniversary of the birth of John Bagnell Bury, better known to posterity as J. B. Bury (16 October 1861 – 01 June 1927), who was born in Clontibret, County Monaghan, Ireland, on this date in 1861.

Bury suggests that progress plays a role in modern thought comparable to the role of divine providence traditional thought, and this suggests the paradoxical idea of providential naturalism that is constructed on the model of providentialism, but with progress in place of providence.

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