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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... Acton as a historian . In an early essay he said of his teacher Döllinger : " He would not write with imper- fect materials , and to him the materials were always imperfect . " Acton was surely here pronouncing an 3 Quoted in George P ...
... Acton as a historian . In an early essay he said of his teacher Döllinger : " He would not write with imper- fect materials , and to him the materials were always imperfect . " Acton was surely here pronouncing an 3 Quoted in George P ...
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... Acton's vision of the march of his- tory as an unending progress towards liberty seems chilly and vague . But if the historian is to save his hypothesis of progress , I think he must be prepared to treat it as a process into which the ...
... Acton's vision of the march of his- tory as an unending progress towards liberty seems chilly and vague . But if the historian is to save his hypothesis of progress , I think he must be prepared to treat it as a process into which the ...
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... Acton . But the historian is con- cerned , first to establish where Acton stood , secondly to contrast his position with that of contemporary thinkers , and thirdly to enquire what elements in his position may be still valid today . The ...
... Acton . But the historian is con- cerned , first to establish where Acton stood , secondly to contrast his position with that of contemporary thinkers , and thirdly to enquire what elements in his position may be still valid today . The ...
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THE HISTORIAN AND HIS FACTS | 3 |
SOCIETY AND THE INDIVIDUAL | 36 |
HISTORY SCIENCE AND MORALITY | 70 |
Urheberrecht | |
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