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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... past . " This is a dubious injunction . To love the past may easily be an expression of the nostalgic romanticism of old men and old societies , a symptom of loss of faith and interest in the present or future . " Cliché for cliché , I ...
... past . " This is a dubious injunction . To love the past may easily be an expression of the nostalgic romanticism of old men and old societies , a symptom of loss of faith and interest in the present or future . " Cliché for cliché , I ...
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... past and present . " But , we all know , the present has no more than a notional existence as an imaginary dividing line between the past and the future . In speaking of the present , I have already smuggled another time di- mension ...
... past and present . " But , we all know , the present has no more than a notional existence as an imaginary dividing line between the past and the future . In speaking of the present , I have already smuggled another time di- mension ...
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... past . It rejects the relativist view that one interpretation is as good as another , or that every interpretation is true in its own time and place , and it provides the touchstone by which our interpre- tation of the past will ...
... past . It rejects the relativist view that one interpretation is as good as another , or that every interpretation is true in its own time and place , and it provides the touchstone by which our interpre- tation of the past will ...
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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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