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Description:The Idea of History is the best-known book of the Oxford philosopher, historian & archeologist R.G. Collingwood. It was originally published posthumously in 1946, having been mainly reconstructed from his manuscripts, many of which are now lost. PrefaceIntroduction. The philosophy of history; History's nature, object, method & value; The problem of parts I-IV1. Greco-Roman historiography Theocratic history & myth; The creation of scientific history by Herodotus; Anti-historical tendency of Greek thought; Greek conception of history's nature & value; Greek historical method & its limitations; Herodotus & Thucydides; The Hellenistic period; Polybius; Livy & Tacitus; Character of Greco-Roman historiography: humanism; substantialism2. The influence of Christianity The leaven of Christian ideas; Characteristics of Christian historiography; Medieval historiography; The Renaissance historians; Descartes; Cartesian historiography; Anti-Cartesianism: Vico; Locke, Berkeley & Hume; The Enlightenment; The science of human nature3. The threshold of scientific historyRomanticism; Herder; Kant; Schiller; Fichte; Schelling; Hegel; Hegel & Marx; Positivism4. Scientific historyEngland; Germany; France; Italy5. Epilegomena. Human nature & human history; The historical imagination; Historical evidence; History as reenactment of past experience; The subject-matter of history; History & freedom; Progress as created by historical thinkingIndexWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Idea of History. To get started finding The Idea of History, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: The Idea of History is the best-known book of the Oxford philosopher, historian & archeologist R.G. Collingwood. It was originally published posthumously in 1946, having been mainly reconstructed from his manuscripts, many of which are now lost. PrefaceIntroduction. The philosophy of history; History's nature, object, method & value; The problem of parts I-IV1. Greco-Roman historiography Theocratic history & myth; The creation of scientific history by Herodotus; Anti-historical tendency of Greek thought; Greek conception of history's nature & value; Greek historical method & its limitations; Herodotus & Thucydides; The Hellenistic period; Polybius; Livy & Tacitus; Character of Greco-Roman historiography: humanism; substantialism2. The influence of Christianity The leaven of Christian ideas; Characteristics of Christian historiography; Medieval historiography; The Renaissance historians; Descartes; Cartesian historiography; Anti-Cartesianism: Vico; Locke, Berkeley & Hume; The Enlightenment; The science of human nature3. The threshold of scientific historyRomanticism; Herder; Kant; Schiller; Fichte; Schelling; Hegel; Hegel & Marx; Positivism4. Scientific historyEngland; Germany; France; Italy5. Epilegomena. Human nature & human history; The historical imagination; Historical evidence; History as reenactment of past experience; The subject-matter of history; History & freedom; Progress as created by historical thinkingIndexWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Idea of History. To get started finding The Idea of History, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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