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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... civilization was invented in the Nile valley in the fourth millen- nium B.C. is no more credible today than the chro- nology which placed the creation of the world in 4004 B.C. Civilization , the birth of which we may perhaps take as a ...
... civilization was invented in the Nile valley in the fourth millen- nium B.C. is no more credible today than the chro- nology which placed the creation of the world in 4004 B.C. Civilization , the birth of which we may perhaps take as a ...
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... civilization , what you will — which plays the leading role in the advance of civilization in one period is unlikely to play a similar role in the next period , and this for the good reason that it will be too deeply imbued with the ...
... civilization , what you will — which plays the leading role in the advance of civilization in one period is unlikely to play a similar role in the next period , and this for the good reason that it will be too deeply imbued with the ...
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... Civilization in China . This is a sobering thought . I should not have exposed these domestic sores to the public gaze but for the fact that I believe them to be typical of most other British uni- versities and of British intellectuals ...
... Civilization in China . This is a sobering thought . I should not have exposed these domestic sores to the public gaze but for the fact that I believe them to be typical of most other British uni- versities and of British intellectuals ...
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A. J. P. Taylor abstract action Acton belief Bertrand Russell British historians called Cambridge Modern History causes character civilization consciously criterion economic Empire ence English English-speaking enquiry environment essay F. H. Bradley facts of history French revolution Freud future Gibbon happened Hegel Henri Poincaré historical facts human behaviour hypothesis individual interpretation of history laws liberal liberty London Marx meaning mediaeval Meinecke ment moral judgments moulded Namier nature nineteenth century nomic objective objective laws observed Oxford past perhaps period philosophers philosophy of history political prediction present problem Professor Butterfield Professor Popper progress question quoted rational reason rian role Russian revolution scientist sense significant Sir Isaiah Berlin society Soviet Soviet Union speak Stresemann theory things thought tion torian torical tory truth tween understanding University Press valid values view of history Whig words write wrote