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  1. goodreads.com › book › showThe Ruins of Empires - Goodreads

    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:

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  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Constantin_François_de_ChassebœufConstantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney - Wikipedia

    Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney (3 February 1757 – 25 April 1820) was a French philosopher, abolitionist, writer, orientalist, and politician who was made Commander of the Legion of honour in 1804, Count of the empire in 1808, and a Peer of France by Louis XVIII.

  4. www.amazon.com › Ruins-Meditation-Revolutions-Empires-NatureThe Ruins of Empires - amazon.com

    Apr 2, 1991 · But in a world beset by massive government deficits and resurgent religious conflict, Volney's Ruins of Empires provides a roadmap for the future. In a word, Volney's Ruins isn't about Yesterday. It's about Today and Tomorrow.

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  6. knarf.english.upenn.edu › Volney › volney00Volney's Ruins - University of Pennsylvania

    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.

  7. knarf.english.upenn.edu › Volney › volneytpVolney, The Ruins, Contents - University of Pennsylvania

    Chapter 9: Origin of Government and Laws. Chapter 10: General Causes of the Prosperity of Ancient States. Chapter 11: General Causes of the Revolutions and Ruin of Ancient States. Chapter 12: Lessons of Times Past Repeated on the Present.

  8. oll.libertyfund.org › titles › volney-the-ruins-or-a-surveryThe Ruins: or a Survery of the Revolutions of Empires

    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.

  9. www.amazon.com › Volneys-Ruins-Empires-Law-Nature › dpVolney's Ruins of Empires and the Law of Nature: The Ruins, or...

    Volney's Ruins of Empires and the Law of Nature: The Ruins, or Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires Hardcover – January 1, 1950. by C.F. Volney (Author) 4.6 161 ratings. See all formats and editions. This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923.

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