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... historian is making an arbitrary distinction between things that are really the same , and that his con- ception of ... historian is one which does not arise in the case of natural science . The historian , investigating any event in the ...
... historian is making an arbitrary distinction between things that are really the same , and that his con- ception of ... historian is one which does not arise in the case of natural science . The historian , investigating any event in the ...
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... historian is more complex than that of the scientist . In another way it is simpler : the historian need not and cannot ( without ceasing to be an historian ) emulate the scientist in searching for the causes or laws of events . For ...
... historian is more complex than that of the scientist . In another way it is simpler : the historian need not and cannot ( without ceasing to be an historian ) emulate the scientist in searching for the causes or laws of events . For ...
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... historian's own mind . This re - enactment is only accomplished , in the case of Plato and Caesar respectively , so far as the historian brings to bear on the problem all the powers of his own mind and all his knowledge of philosophy ...
... historian's own mind . This re - enactment is only accomplished , in the case of Plato and Caesar respectively , so far as the historian brings to bear on the problem all the powers of his own mind and all his knowledge of philosophy ...
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THE ENGLISH EPIC TRADITION Warton Lecture on English Poetry | 35 |
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