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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... sense that they could also be applied to other histori- cal situations , and that they are " real " causes of what happened in the sense that the accident of Lenin's premature death was not . He may even , if he is given to reflexion on ...
... sense that they could also be applied to other histori- cal situations , and that they are " real " causes of what happened in the sense that the accident of Lenin's premature death was not . He may even , if he is given to reflexion on ...
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... sense . At the present time , few people would , I think , question the fact of progress in the accumulation both of material resources and of scientific knowledge , of mastery over the environment in the technological sense . What is ...
... sense . At the present time , few people would , I think , question the fact of progress in the accumulation both of material resources and of scientific knowledge , of mastery over the environment in the technological sense . What is ...
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... sense of something that is the same yesterday , today , and for ever : such an absolute is incompatible with the nature of history . But it is an absolute in respect of our in- terpretation of the past . It rejects the relativist view ...
... sense of something that is the same yesterday , today , and for ever : such an absolute is incompatible with the nature of history . But it is an absolute in respect of our in- terpretation of the past . It rejects the relativist view ...
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