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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... Gibbon observed that " an acrimonious humour falling on a single fibre of one man may prevent or suspend the misery of nations . " When King Alexander of Greece died in the autumn of 1920 from the bite of a pet monkey , this accident ...
... Gibbon observed that " an acrimonious humour falling on a single fibre of one man may prevent or suspend the misery of nations . " When King Alexander of Greece died in the autumn of 1920 from the bite of a pet monkey , this accident ...
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... Gibbon was quick to unmask the reason . " The Greeks , " observed Gibbon , " after their country had been reduced to a province , imputed the triumphs of Rome not to the merit , but to the fortune , of the republic . " Tacitus , also a ...
... Gibbon was quick to unmask the reason . " The Greeks , " observed Gibbon , " after their country had been reduced to a province , imputed the triumphs of Rome not to the merit , but to the fortune , of the republic . " Tacitus , also a ...
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... Gibbon justifies the amount of space devoted in his narrative to the victories of Islam on the ground that " the disciples of Mohammed still hold the civil and religious sceptre of the Oriental world . " But , he adds , " the same ...
... Gibbon justifies the amount of space devoted in his narrative to the victories of Islam on the ground that " the disciples of Mohammed still hold the civil and religious sceptre of the Oriental world . " But , he adds , " the same ...
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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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