What is History?Knopf, 1962 - 209 Seiten A philosophical interpretation of history, examining the significance of historical study as a science and a reflection of social values. |
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... Acton and Sir George Clark is a reflection of the change in our total outlook on society over the interval between these two pronouncements . Acton speaks out of the positive belief , the clear - eyed self - confidence of the later ...
... Acton and Sir George Clark is a reflection of the change in our total outlook on society over the interval between these two pronouncements . Acton speaks out of the positive belief , the clear - eyed self - confidence of the later ...
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... Acton's vision of the march of his- tory as an unending progress towards liberty seems chilly and vague . But if the historian is to save his hypothesis of progress , I think he must be prepared to treat it as a process into which the ...
... Acton's vision of the march of his- tory as an unending progress towards liberty seems chilly and vague . But if the historian is to save his hypothesis of progress , I think he must be prepared to treat it as a process into which the ...
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... Acton believed that " the reign of ideas " meant liberal- ism , and that liberalism meant revolution . In Acton's 8 8 For these passages see Acton : Selections from Correspondence ( London : Longmans , Green & Co .; 1917 ) , p . 278 ...
... Acton believed that " the reign of ideas " meant liberal- ism , and that liberalism meant revolution . In Acton's 8 8 For these passages see Acton : Selections from Correspondence ( London : Longmans , Green & Co .; 1917 ) , p . 278 ...
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