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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What seems to me essential is to recognize in the great man an outstanding indi- vidual who is at once a product and an agent of the historical process , at once the representative and the creator of social forces which change the shape ...
What seems to me essential is to recognize in the great man an outstanding indi- vidual who is at once a product and an agent of the historical process , at once the representative and the creator of social forces which change the shape ...
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Marshall the economist once wrote that " people must be warned off by every possible means from consider- ing the action of any one cause . . . without taking account of the others whose effects are commingled with it .
Marshall the economist once wrote that " people must be warned off by every possible means from consider- ing the action of any one cause . . . without taking account of the others whose effects are commingled with it .
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But the distinction between historical and unhis- 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 .
But the distinction between historical and unhis- 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 .
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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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