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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... torical past . We 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 ...
... torical past . We 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 ...
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... torical writing , the extent to which the historian is the product of his society becomes all the more apparent . In the nineteenth century British historians with scarcely an exception regarded the course of history as a demonstration ...
... torical writing , the extent to which the historian is the product of his society becomes all the more apparent . In the nineteenth century British historians with scarcely an exception regarded the course of history as a demonstration ...
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... torical facts is not rigid or constant ; and any fact may , so to speak , be promoted to the status of historical fact once its relevance and significance is discerned . We now see that a somewhat similar process is at work in the ...
... torical facts is not rigid or constant ; and any fact may , so to speak , be promoted to the status of historical fact once its relevance and significance is discerned . We now see that a somewhat similar process is at work in the ...
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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