What is History?A philosophical interpretation of history, examining the significance of historical study as a science and a reflection of social values. |
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The be- lief , popular less than fifty years ago , that 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. ...
The be- lief , popular less than fifty years ago , that 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. ...
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the observed fact that the effort which is needed to drive civilization forward dies away in one place and is later resumed at another , so that whatever progress we can observe in history is certainly not continuous either in time or ...
the observed fact that the effort which is needed to drive civilization forward dies away in one place and is later resumed at another , so that whatever progress we can observe in history is certainly not continuous either in time or ...
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... greatest historical work pro- duced in Cambridge during the past decade has been written entirely outside the history department , and without any assistance from it : I refer to Dr. Need- ham's Science and Civilization in China .
... greatest historical work pro- duced in Cambridge during the past decade has been written entirely outside the history department , and without any assistance from it : I refer to Dr. Need- ham's Science and Civilization in China .
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