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An accurate and inclusive general law of progress not yet possible. 6. The gradual synthesis of a theory of social progress follows the integration of the sciences. 7. There is no finality in the formulations of the laws of science or of a theory of social progress, but there is constant progress in the achievement of both under present conditions. There have been three general philosophies or methods of explaining and hypothecating progress.1 The earliest was to attribute it to the fiat of the gods or of a god. This view conceives of progress—or, perhaps, more frequently in earlier times, of regression as a part of the cosmic order determined by the gods. It was this view which placed the Golden Age in the past, which later caused peoples who adhered to certain religions to turn to the hereafter for a fulfilment of the expectation of progress which they could not find or hope for in this world, and which has led the adherents of some sects and creeds to look for the establishment of the kingdom of a redeemer on earth. Such anticipated progress is 1 Cf. a series of articles on "The Development of the Concept of Progress," Journal of Social Forces, Jan., 1925. 1 |