The Ruins: Or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires; And the Law of Nature (Classic Reprint), by C. F. Volney
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Excerpt from The Ruins: Or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires; And the Law of NatureHaving recently purchased a set of stereotyped plates of Volney's Ruins, with a view of reprinting the same, I found, on examination, that they were considerably worn by the many editions that had been printed from them, and that they greatly needed both repairs and corrections. A careful estimate showed that the amount necessary for this purpose would go far towards reproducing this standard work in modern type and in an improved form. After due reflection this course was at length decided upon, and all the more readily, as by discarding the old plates and resetting the entire work, the publisher was enabled to greatly enhance its value, by inserting the translator's preface as it appeared in the original edition, and also to restore many notes and other valuable material which had been carelessly omitted in the American reprint.An example of an important omission of this kind may be found on the fifteenth, sixteenth, and seventeenth pages of this volume, which may be appropriately referred to in this connection. It is there stated, in describing the ancient kingdom of Ethiopia, and the ruins of Thebes, her opulent metropolis, that "There a people, now forgotten, discovered, while others were yet barbarians, the elements of the arts and sciences. A race of men, now rejected from society for their sable skin and frizzled hair, founded on the study of the laws of nature, those civil and religious systems which still govern the universe."A voluminous note, in which standard authorities are cited, seems to prove that this statement is substantially correct, and that we are in reality indebted to the ancient Ethiopians, to the fervid imagination of the persecuted and despised negro, for the various religious systems now so highly revered by the different branches of both the Semitic and Aryan races.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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- Published on: 2015-09-27
- Original language: English
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Can't tell if this the Jefferson - Barlow translation; probably is; better description needed from publisher By Thomas Christian Williams Volney’s Ruins of Empires (Les Ruines, 1791) is a lost classic in Western Literature. Thomas Jefferson like the book so much he anonymously translated it into English. Jefferson believed the book’s central premise—Empires Rise If Government Allows Enlightened Self-Interest to Flourish—best described the Enlightenment-based principles upon which the United States was founded. Volney saw his book as a direct challenge to Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s Social Contract—if you refute the Social Contract, you refute the moral foundation of the big government social programs that exist in the world today.However Jefferson also insisted on complete anonymity for his translation due to the book’s controversial religious content. In the last four chapters of the book (translated by Joel Barlow) Volney reviews the history of the world’s major religions and concludes with a call for all nations to adopt the principle of separation of church and state—only then, Volney writes, can our species achieve world peace. These last four chapters have a renewed resonance in the post-9/11 world.The Jefferson/Barlow translation went through many reprints in the USA during the 19th & 20th centuries. The book was read by the likes of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln and Walt Whitman, but has fallen out of favor in recent decades. The Left does not like Volney because he refutes Rousseau. The Right does not like him because Volney constructs a universal system of morality without reference to God. 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.FIVE GENERAL RULES TO PURCHASE A JEFFERSON-BARLOW TRANSLATION(1) The first US edition of the translation by Thomas Jefferson and Joel Barlow was published by Dixon and Sickles of New York in 1828. (According to this rule, the commonly found editions published by James Lyon of Philadelphia, 1799, and by William Davies of New York, 1796, are NOT Jefferson-Barlow translations.)(2) Beware of editions published in the UK: 99 percent are NOT the Jefferson-Barlow translation. If you see the word "survey" in the title, that is a clear indication the book was published in the UK and is NOT a Jefferson-Barlow translation. In general, it's best to look for US editions post-1828.(3) If the title page includes the phrase "translated under the inspection of the author," this is the Jefferson-Barlow translation.(4) The Acid Test: turn to the Invocation: the first sentence should read: "Hail solitary ruins, holy sepulchres and silent walls! you I invoke; to you I address my prayer!" This is the Jefferson-Barlow translation.(5) If you still want confirmation, go to Gutenberg.org => Volney. There you will find a free electronic copy of the (unacknowledged) Jefferson-Barlow translation for your comparison.For more details, join me on Twitter @RuinsofEmpiresOr at GoodReads:[...]
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five Stars By THailes Great Book, I would recommend reading to anyone.
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