The Idea of History
- Kind
- Book
- Date
- 2008-11-30
- Publisher
- Read Books
- Retrieved
- Feb 1, 2012
- ISBN
- ODWkspAWRO
2 memes from this reference
Psychology Cannot Establish Laws of Human Nature
To regard such a positive mental science [psychology] as rising above the sphere of history, and establishing the permanent and unchanging laws of human nature, is therefore possible only to a person who mistakes the transient conditions of a certain historical age for the permanent conditions of human life.
Scientists See Phenomena, Historians Look for Motives
To the scientist, nature is always and merely a 'phenomenon,' not in the sense of being defective in reality, but in the sense of being a spectacle presented to his intelligent observation; whereas the events of history are never mere phenomena, never mere spectacles for contemplation, but things which the historian…