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“That which Dante saw written on the door of the inferno must be written in a different sense also at the entrance to philosophy: “Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.” Those who look for true philosophy must be bereft of all hope, all desire, all longing. They must not wish for anything, not know anything, must feel completely bare and impoverished.”
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“Thenceforth they thought that, rationally concluded, doubt could become an instrument of knowledge.”
― The Historian's Craft: Reflections on the Nature and Uses of History and the Techniques and Methods of Those Who Write It.
― The Historian's Craft: Reflections on the Nature and Uses of History and the Techniques and Methods of Those Who Write It.
“A pretty face may be enough to catch a man, but it takes character and good nature to hold him.”
― Utopia
― Utopia
“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.”
― The Historian's Craft: Reflections on the Nature and Uses of History and the Techniques and Methods of Those Who Write It.
― 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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