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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... seem trivial . I am afraid only that I may seem presumptuous to have broached a question so vast and so important . The nineteenth century was a great age for facts . " What I want , " said Mr. Gradgrind in Hard Times , “ is Facts ...
... seem trivial . I am afraid only that I may seem presumptuous to have broached a question so vast and so important . The nineteenth century was a great age for facts . " What I want , " said Mr. Gradgrind in Hard Times , “ is Facts ...
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... seems for one group a period of decline may seem to another the birth of a new advance . Progress does not and cannot mean equal and simultaneous progress for all . It is significant that almost all our latter - day prophets of decline ...
... seems for one group a period of decline may seem to another the birth of a new advance . Progress does not and cannot mean equal and simultaneous progress for all . It is significant that almost all our latter - day prophets of decline ...
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... seems at first sight paradoxical ; for rarely has so much superficial talk been heard of changes going on around us . But the significant thing is that change is no longer thought of as achievement , as opportunity , as progress , but ...
... seems at first sight paradoxical ; for rarely has so much superficial talk been heard of changes going on around us . But the significant thing is that change is no longer thought of as achievement , as opportunity , as progress , but ...
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