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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... sometimes breed a certain nos- talgia for that illusory nineteenth - century haven of purely factual history . How then , in the middle of the twentieth century , are we to define the obligation of the historian to his facts ? I trust ...
... sometimes breed a certain nos- talgia for that illusory nineteenth - century haven of purely factual history . How then , in the middle of the twentieth century , are we to define the obligation of the historian to his facts ? I trust ...
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... sometimes speak of the course of history as a " moving procession . " The metaphor is fair enough , provided it does not tempt the historian to think of himself as an eagle surveying the scene from a lonely crag or as a V.I.P. at the ...
... sometimes speak of the course of history as a " moving procession . " The metaphor is fair enough , provided it does not tempt the historian to think of himself as an eagle surveying the scene from a lonely crag or as a V.I.P. at the ...
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... Sometimes the causes and the laws were thought of in mechanical , sometimes in biologi- cal , terms , sometimes as metaphysical , sometimes as economic , sometimes as psychological . But it was ac- cepted doctrine that history consisted ...
... Sometimes the causes and the laws were thought of in mechanical , sometimes in biologi- cal , terms , sometimes as metaphysical , sometimes as economic , sometimes as psychological . But it was ac- cepted doctrine that history consisted ...
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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