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Methodology of History
Y. Topolski
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Paperback. Translator(s): Wojtasiewicz, Olgierd. Series: Synthese Library. Num Pages: 704 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HB; PDA; WM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1015.
No discipline has been more praised or more criticized than the writing of history. Cioero claimed that history teaches men how to live. Aris totle denied it the very name of science and regwded poetry as the higher wisdom. At various times history has been assigned a command ing or a demeaning statIUs in the hierarchy of sciences. Today one can admire the increasing precision and sophistication of the methods used by historia:ns. On the other hand, Thucydides' History of the PeZo ponesian War still serves as the ideal model of how to reconstruct the historical past. Even those who ... Read more
No discipline has been more praised or more criticized than the writing of history. Cioero claimed that history teaches men how to live. Aris totle denied it the very name of science and regwded poetry as the higher wisdom. At various times history has been assigned a command ing or a demeaning statIUs in the hierarchy of sciences. Today one can admire the increasing precision and sophistication of the methods used by historia:ns. On the other hand, Thucydides' History of the PeZo ponesian War still serves as the ideal model of how to reconstruct the historical past. Even those who ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
704
Condition
New
Series
Synthese Library
Number of Pages
700
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789401011259
SKU
V9789401011259
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