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“In order to begin an analysis, there must already be a synthesis present in the mind.”

Quote by Johan Huizinga

Book:Men and Ideas: History, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance

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Men and Ideas: History, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance

This book delves into the lives and thoughts of influential individuals from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, providing insights into the historical context and cultural shifts of the period. more

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Dutch historian known for his research in cultural and art history. Johan Huizinga was born on December 7, 1872, and died on February 1, 1945. His works have had a profound impact on subsequent historical and sociological studies. more

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“All seemingly profound thinking which passes for realism, because it conveniently does away with all troublesome principles, has agreat attraction for the adolescent mind.”

Thinking Mind Doe Reason Faith Principles Profound Attraction Realism Troublesome

Author:Johan Huizinga

“If, then, this civilization is to be saved, if it is not to be submerged by centuries of barbarism, but to secure the treasures ofits inheritance on new and more stable foundations, there is indeed need for those now living fully to realize how far the decay has already progressed.”

“People accept a representation in which the elements of wish and fantasy are purposely included but which nevertheless proclaims to represent "the past" and to serve as a guide-rule for life, thereby hopelessly confusing the spheres of knowledge and will.”

People Truth Past Wish Accepting History Fantasy Elements Guides Spheres Nevertheless Representation Confusing

Author:Johan Huizinga

“We are living in a demented world. And we know it. It would not come as a surprise to anyone if tomorrow the madness gave way to afrenzy which would leave our poor Europe in a state of distracted stupor, with engines still turning and flags streaming in the breeze, but with the spirit gone.”

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Author:Johan Huizinga

“He who wishes to maintain that the past of mankind no longer has any absolute value in lifemust also be ready to deny his ownlife until the present moment, indeed in advance until the last moment, as worthless. He who realizes that culture is the giving of form will also see that the highest forms that it is given to the human spirit to recognize have always been, psychologically considered, such evasions from the present. Considerations such as these do not at all square with the direction of America's mind.”

“Quite apart from any conscious program, the great cultural historians have always been historical morphologists: seekers after theforms of life, thought, custom, knowledge, art.”

Art History Conscious Program Historical Customs Historian Seekers Thoughts On Life Art History

Author:Johan Huizinga

“One does not realize the historical sensation as a re-experiencing, but as an understanding that is closely related to the understanding of music, or rather of the world by means of music.”

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Book:Men and Ideas: History, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance

Source: Men and Ideas: History, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance

“What the study of history and artistic creation have in common is a mode of forming images.”

Art Artist Common History Study Creation Artistic Artistic Creation

Book:Dutch civilisation in the seventeenth century, and other essays

Source: Dutch civilisation in the seventeenth century, and other essays

“We have to transpose ourselves into this impressionability of mind, into this sensitivity to tears and spiritual repentance, intothis susceptibility, before we can judge how colorful and intensive life was then.”

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Author:Johan Huizinga

“But one sound always rose above the clamor of busy life and, no matter how much of a tintinnabulation, was never confused and, fora moment lifted everything into an ordered sphere: that of the bells.”

Matter Moments Sound History Rose Busy Confused Spheres Bells Busy Life Clamor

Author:Johan Huizinga