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The controversy about periodization in history falls into the category. The division
of history into periods is not a fact, but a necessary hypothesis or tool of thought,
valid in so far as it is illuminating, and dependent for its validity on interpretation.
The controversy about periodization in history falls into the category. The division
of history into periods is not a fact, but a necessary hypothesis or tool of thought,
valid in so far as it is illuminating, and dependent for its validity on interpretation.
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But this does not mean that these laws are worthless, or not in principle valid. ...
or to reasonable belief, and is more anxious to treat its pronouncements as
general rules or guides, the validity of which can be tested only in specific action.
But this does not mean that these laws are worthless, or not in principle valid. ...
or to reasonable belief, and is more anxious to treat its pronouncements as
general rules or guides, the validity of which can be tested only in specific action.
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If two or three children in a school develop measles, you will conclude that the
epidemic will spread; and this prediction, if you care to call it such, is based on a
generalization from past experience, and is a valid and useful guide to action.
If two or three children in a school develop measles, you will conclude that the
epidemic will spread; and this prediction, if you care to call it such, is based on a
generalization from past experience, and is a valid and useful guide to action.
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THE HISTORIAN AND HIs FACTs | 3 |
SoCIETY AND THE INDIVIDUAL | 36 |
HISTORY SCIENCE AND MORALITY | 70 |
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