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 facts speak only when the historian calls on them: it is he who decides to
which facts to give the floor, and in what order or context. It was, I think, one of
Pirandello's characters who said that a fact is like a sack—it won't stand up till you
've ...
The facts speak only when the historian calls on them: it is he who decides to
which facts to give the floor, and in what order or context. It was, I think, one of
Pirandello's characters who said that a fact is like a sack—it won't stand up till you
've ...
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... was that it “ studies the past with reference to the present . ” On this point
Professor Butterfield was categorical and severe : The study of the past with one
eye , so to speak , upon the present is the source of all sins and sophistries in
history .
... was that it “ studies the past with reference to the present . ” On this point
Professor Butterfield was categorical and severe : The study of the past with one
eye , so to speak , upon the present is the source of all sins and sophistries in
history .
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Nowadays, for reasons discussed in my last lecture, we no longer speak of
historical “laws”; and even the word “cause” has gone out of fashion, partly owing
to certain philosophical ambiguities into which I need not enter, and partly owing
to ...
Nowadays, for reasons discussed in my last lecture, we no longer speak of
historical “laws”; and even the word “cause” has gone out of fashion, partly owing
to certain philosophical ambiguities into which I need not enter, and partly owing
to ...
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THE HISTORIAN AND His Facts | 3 |
SOCIETY AND THE INDIVIDUAL | 36 |
HISTORY SCIENCE AND MORALITY | 70 |
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Bibliografische Informationen
| Titel | What is History? A Borzoi book George Macaulay Trevelyan lectures The George Macaulay lectures, 1961 Trevelyan lectures |
| Autor/in | Edward Hallett Carr |
| Ausgabe | Neuauflage |
| Verlag | Knopf, 1962 |
| Original von | die University of Virginia |
| Digitalisiert | 23. Jan. 2009 |
| Länge | 209 Seiten |
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