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I am afraid only that I may seem presumptuous to have broached a question so
vast and so important. The nineteenth century was a great age for facts. "What I
want," said Mr. Gradgrind in Hard Times, "is Facts. . . . Facts alone are wanted in
life ...
I am afraid only that I may seem presumptuous to have broached a question so
vast and so important. The nineteenth century was a great age for facts. "What I
want," said Mr. Gradgrind in Hard Times, "is Facts. . . . Facts alone are wanted in
life ...
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At this point I should like to say a few words on the question of why nineteenth-
century historians were generally indifferent to the philosophy of history. The term
was invented by Voltaire, and has since been used in different senses; but I shall
...
At this point I should like to say a few words on the question of why nineteenth-
century historians were generally indifferent to the philosophy of history. The term
was invented by Voltaire, and has since been used in different senses; but I shall
...
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mental purpose of seeking to explain, and in the fundamental procedure of
question and answer. The historian, like any other scientist, is an animal who
incessantly asks the question: Why? In my next lecture I shall examine the ways
in which ...
mental purpose of seeking to explain, and in the fundamental procedure of
question and answer. The historian, like any other scientist, is an animal who
incessantly asks the question: Why? In my next lecture I shall examine the ways
in which ...
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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? George Macaulay Trevelyan lectures Trevelyan lectures The George Macaulay Trevelyan lectures delivered in the University of Cambridge January-March 1961 |
| Autor | Edward Hallett Carr |
| Ausgabe | Neuauflage |
| Verlag | Knopf, 1962 |
| Länge | 209 Seiten |
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