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The Art of War

by Sun Tzu

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“We view the past, and achieve our understanding of the past, only through the eyes of the present”
― E.H. Carr

tags: theory-of-history

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“The historian without his facts is rootless and futile; the facts without their historian are dead and meaningless.”
― E. H. Carr

tags: historians, history, meaning

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“Study the historian before you begin to study the facts.”
― Edward Hallett Carr, What Is History?

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“Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the opium of the people.”
― Karl Marx

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“I am reminded of Housman's remark that 'accuracy is a duty, not a virtue.' To praise a historian for his accuracy is like praising an architect for using well-seasoned timber or properly mixed concrete in his building. It is a necessary condition of his work, but not his essential function.”
― Edward Hallett Carr, What Is History?

tags: factish, facts, historical-facts, historiography, history

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