Les ruines, ou méditation sur les révolutions des empires (1791) - Page 5

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CHAP. XIII. Will the human species im-
prove? 104
CHAP. XIV. The great obstacle to per-
fection. 118
CHAP. XV. The new century. 126
CHAP. XVI. A free and legis-
lative people. 134
CHAP. XVII. Universal basis of all
right and all law. 138
CHAP. XVIII. Terror and conspiracy of
tyrants. 143
CHAP. XIX. General Assembly of the
Peoples. 148
CHAP. XX. The search for truth. 156
CHAP. XXI. Problem of religious
contradictions. 174
CHAP. XXII. Origin and lineage of
religious ideas. 218
§. I. Origin of the idea of God. Worship
of the elements and the physical powers
of Nature. 226
§. II. Second system. Worship of the Stars,
or Sabéisme Sabeism or star-worship. 252

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§. III. Third system. Worship of
symbols, or idolatry. 238
§. IV. Fourth system. Worship of the
two principles, or dualism. 255
§. V. Mystic and moral worship, or
the system of the other world. 262
§. VI. Sixth system. MONDE ANIMÉ Animated World,
or worship of the universe under various em-
blems. 268
§. VII. Seventh system. Worship of
the AME du MONDE Soul of the World, that is, of
the element of fire, the vital principle of
the universe. 274
§. VIII. Eighth System. MONDE-
MACHINE World-Machine. Worship of the Démi-Ourgos Demiurge,
or of the Grand-Ouvrier Great Worker. 277
§. IX. Religion of Moses, or worship of
the soul of the world (You-piter Jupiter/Jehovah). 283
§. X. Religion of Zoroastre Zoroaster. 285
§. XI. Budsoïsme Buddhism; or religion of the Sa-
manéens Samaneans or Buddhist ascetics. 286
§. XII. Brahmisme Brahmanism, or Indian Hindu system. 287