The Enlightenment: The science of freedomKnopf, 1966 - Enlightenment |
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Page 377
... historians , " the young Gibbon smoothly said , " it would at least be desirable if historians were philosophers , " an observation that describes his own hopes and implies the conclusion that piety and history were incom- patible ...
... historians , " the young Gibbon smoothly said , " it would at least be desirable if historians were philosophers , " an observation that describes his own hopes and implies the conclusion that piety and history were incom- patible ...
Page 387
... historians had anticipated and in every way outdone them in this dubious enterprise . It is true that Christian historians were coming to visualize God as acting not directly , by intermittent personal appearances , but indirectly ...
... historians had anticipated and in every way outdone them in this dubious enterprise . It is true that Christian historians were coming to visualize God as acting not directly , by intermittent personal appearances , but indirectly ...
Page 393
... historians of the eighteenth century made their revolution by opening access to all historical phenomena and by placing them on the same level , into the same system . As was customary , their intentions were better than their ...
... historians of the eighteenth century made their revolution by opening access to all historical phenomena and by placing them on the same level , into the same system . As was customary , their intentions were better than their ...
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Progress From Experience to Program | 56 |
The Uses of Nature | 126 |
The Science of Man | 167 |
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