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History as the Story of Liberty

This book delves into the evolution of liberty throughout history, examining various societies and cultures to understand the significance of freedom in shaping human progress. more

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Benedetto Croce
Benedetto Croce

Benedetto Croce was an Italian philosopher, critic, and politician, known for his contributions to aesthetics and philosophy of history. His work emphasized individualism and the role of art in society. Croce was a prominent figure in the Italian intellectual scene of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. more

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“History is the long struggle of man, by exercise of his reason, to understand his environment and to act upon it. But the modern period has broadened the struggle in a revolutionary way. Man now seeks to understand, and act on, not only his environment, but himself; and this has added, so to speak, a new dimension to reason and a new dimension to history.”

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Book:What is history?: the George Macaulay Trevelyan lectures delivered in the University of Cambridge January-March 1961
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“History in Burckhardt's words is 'the record of what one age finds worthy of note in another.' The past is intelligible to us only in light of the present; and we can fully understand the present only in light of the past. To enable man to understand the society of the past and to increase his mastery over the society of the present is the dual function of history.”

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Book:What is history?: the George Macaulay Trevelyan lectures delivered in the University of Cambridge January-March 1961
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