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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... present ; and we can fully understand the present only in the light of the past . To enable man to understand the society of the past and to increase his mastery over the society of the present is the dual function of history . 8 ...
... present ; and we can fully understand the present only in the light of the past . To enable man to understand the society of the past and to increase his mastery over the society of the present is the dual function of history . 8 ...
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... 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 into the ...
... 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 into the ...
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... present , since all present thinking is necessarily relative . It is something still incomplete and in process of becoming - some- thing in the future towards which we move , which begins to take shape only as we move towards it , and ...
... present , since all present thinking is necessarily relative . It is something still incomplete and in process of becoming - some- thing in the future towards which we move , which begins to take shape only as we move towards it , and ...
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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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