The Modern Regime, Volume 1

de Hippolyte Taine

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THE ORIGINS OF CONTEMPORARY FRANCE, VOLUME 5: THE MODERN REGIME, VOLUME 1 [NAPOLEON] by Hippolyte A. Taine 0:00
PREFACE 5:38
BOOK FIRST. NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. CHAPTER I. HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE OF HIS CHARACTER AND GENIUS. 9:11
I. Napoleon's Past and Personality. 10:23
II. The Leader and Statesman 40:27
III. His acute Understanding of Others. 59:08
IV. His Wonderful Memory. 1:09:36
V. His Imagination and its Excesses. 1:15:42
CHAPTER II. HIS IDEAS, PASSIONS AND INTELLIGENCE. I. Intense Passions. 1:25:03
II. Will and Egoism. 1:41:26
III. Napoleon's Dominant Passion: Power. 2:05:33
IV. His Bad Manners. 2:28:52
V. His Policy. 2:37:42
VI. Fundamental Defaults of his System. 2:54:36
BOOK SECOND. FORMATION AND CHARACTER OF THE NEW STATE. CHAPTER I. THE INSTITUTION OF GOVERNMENT: I. The Institution of Government. 3:11:17
II. Default of previous government. 3:13:55
III. In 1799, the undertaking more difficult and the materials worse. 3:18:37
IV. Motives for suppressing the election of local powers. 3:23:54
V. Reasons for centralization. 3:30:09
VI. Irreconcilable divisions. 3:35:06
VII. Establishment of a new Dictatorship. 3:44:01
CHAPTER II. PUBLIC POWER: I. Principal service rendered by the public power. 3:50:20
II. Abusive Government Intervention. 3:59:59
III. The State attacks persons and property. 4:02:55
IV. Abuse of State powers. 4:07:53
V. Final Results of Abusive Government Intervention 4:15:39
CHAPTER III. THE NEW GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION. I. Precedents of the new organization. 4:19:40
II. Doctrines of Government. 4:28:13
III. Brilliant Statesman and Administrator. 4:42:35
IV. Napoleon's barracks. 4:51:57
V. Modeled after Rome. 5:05:28
BOOK THIRD. OBJECT AND MERITS OF THE SYSTEM. CHAPTER I. RECOVERY OF SOCIAL ORDER. I. Rule as the mass want to be ruled. 5:21:01
II. The Revolution Ends. 5:23:30
III. Return of the Emigrés. 5:28:38
IV. Education and Medical Care. 5:48:13
V. Old and New. 5:53:05
VI. Religion 6:05:12
VII. The Confiscated Property. 6:16:24
VIII. Public Education. 6:34:51
CHAPTER II. TAXATION AND CONSCRIPTION. I. Distributive Justice in Allotment of Burdens and Benefits. 6:54:19
II. Equitable Taxation. 7:08:45
III. Formation of Honest, Efficient Tax Collectors 7:12:08
IV. Various Taxes. 7:24:13
V. Conscription or Professional soldiers. 7:47:44
CHAPTER III. AMBITION AND SELF-ESTEEM. I. Rights and benefits. 8:08:12
II. Ambitions during the Ancient Regime. 8:37:29
III. Ambition and Selection. 8:52:48
IV. Napoleon, Judge-Arbitrator-Ruler. 9:03:35
IV. The Struggle for Office and Title. 9:14:22
V. Self-esteem and a good Reputation. 9:45:02
BOOK FOURTH. DEFECT AND EFFECTS OF THE SYSTEM. CHAPTER I. LOCAL SOCIETY. I. Human Incentives. 9:56:42
II. Local Community. 10:07:49
III. Essential Public Local Works. 10:13:05
IV. Local associations. 10:22:18
V. Local versus State authority. 10:30:32
VI. Local Elections under the First Consul. 10:38:08
VII. Municipal and general councillors under the Empire. 10:47:21
VIII. Excellence of Local Government after Napoleon. 11:05:55
CHAPTER II. LOCAL SOCIETY SINCE 1830. I. Introduction of Universal suffrage. 11:23:15
II. Universal suffrage. 11:27:17
III. Equity in taxation. 11:44:01
IV. On unlimited universal suffrage. 11:50:20
V. Rural or urban communes. 11:53:24
VI. The larger Communes. 12:02:25
VII. Local society in 1880. 12:11:57
VIII. Final result in a tendency to bankruptcy. 12:33:24

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Publicado: 24 de septiembre de 2026
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