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Marc Bloch, a French historian, was born on July 6, 1886, and died on June 16, 1944. He is one of the founders of the Annales School and is renowned for his in-depth research on the social and economic history of medieval Europe.

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Courage France Wwii

Book:Strange Defeat

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“For there can be no salvation where there is not some sacrifice, and no national liberty in the fullest sense unless we have ourselves worked to bring it about.”

Liberty Sacrifice France Wwii

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“There can be no real co-operation without comradeship, and comradeship can be achieved only where there is some degree of daily contact.”

Cooperation Comradery France Wwii

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“When it is a question of ascertaining whether or not some human act has really taken place, [historians] cannot be too painstaking. If they proceed to the reasons for that act, they are content with the merest appearance, ordinarily founded upon one of those maxims of common-place psychology which are neither more nor less true than their opposites.”

Historian Pyscholoy

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“¡Es tan fácil gritar: "Al paredón"! No comprendemos nunca bastante. Quien difiere de nosotros, sea extranjero o adversario político, pasa, casi necesariamente, por un ser de malos antecedentes. Aun para conducir las luchas inevitables, sería necesario un poco más de inteligencia en las almas; con más razón para evitarlas, si se está a tiempo. A condición de renunciar a sus falsos aires de arcángel, la historia debe ayudarnos a salir de este mal paso. Es una vasta experiencia de las variedades humanas, un largo encuentro entre los hombres. Tanto la vida como la ciencia tienen el mayor interés en que este encuentro sea fraternal.”

Historia

Book:The Historian's Craft: Reflections on the Nature and Uses of History and the Techniques and Methods of Those Who Write It.

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“The special study which, in the course of my researches, I have made of the life of the countryside has convinced me that we can truly understand the past only if we read it by the light of the present.”

History Wwii France

Author:Marc Bloch

“It is one of the privileges of the true man of action that, when the critical moment comes, blemishes of character are effaced, while virtues, till then potential merely, are seen in an unexpectedly vivid light.”

Activism France Wwii

Book:Strange Defeat

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“The nature of our intelligence is such that it is stimulated far less by the will to know than by the will to understand.”

Knows

Book:The Historian's Craft

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“But history is neither watchmaking nor cabinet construction. It is an endeavor toward better understanding.”

Understanding History Endeavor Construction Cabinets

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“History is, in its essentials, the science of change. It knows and it teaches that it is impossible to find two events that are ever exactly alike, because the conditions from which they spring are never identical.”

Knows Two Teach History Impossible Conditions Events Essentials Spring Identical

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“Thenceforth they thought that, rationally concluded, doubt could become an instrument of knowledge.”

Doubt Instruments

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“The historian is, by definition, absolutely incapable of observing the facts which he examines.”

Facts Definitions Historian Incapable Observing

Book:The Historian's Craft

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“The good historian is like the giant of the fairy tale. He knows that wherever he catches the scent of human flesh, there his quarry lies.”

Knows Humans Lying History Flesh Tales Giants Fairy Historian Fairy Tale Scent Quarry

Book:The Historian's Craft

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About the Author

Born: July 6, 1886
Died: June 16, 1944
Known for: Historian
Quotes: 13

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