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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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Nutzerbericht - msaucier818 - LibraryThingThis was the definition of a dry read. I read this for a graduate class, and my purpose in reading the book was to try and develop an understanding of how we think about research and the past. I did ... Vollständige Rezension lesen
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Nutzerbericht - antiquary - LibraryThingIt puzzles me that Carr was taken so seriously as a "distinguished historian" in British academic circles, considering that he spent the first part of his career championing appeasement of Germany and much of the rest admiring Stalin. Vollständige Rezension lesen
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The Historian and His Facts | 3 |
Society and the Individual | 36 |
History Science and Morality | 70 |
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