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What is the historian's job, according to Collingwood?
What is the historian's job, according to Collingwood?
- To study the history of social construction of the body.
- To think himself into an action and discern the thought of its agent. (correct)
- To separate human actions into historical and non-historical based on social customs.
- To understand the impact of natural processes on human actions.
What did Collingwood mean by stating that 'all history properly so called is the history of human affairs'?
What did Collingwood mean by stating that 'all history properly so called is the history of human affairs'?
- The study of social customs forms the framework for understanding historical events.
- Only human actions influenced by social customs are considered part of history.
- Natural processes are not considered part of historical events. (correct)
- Human actions determined by animal nature are not part of historical events.
What did Croce deny in his 1893 essay 'History Subsumed under the Concept of Art'?
What did Croce deny in his 1893 essay 'History Subsumed under the Concept of Art'?
- The impact of social customs and morality on historical events.
- The separation of natural history from human history. (correct)
- The concept of thinking oneself into an action to discern the thought of its agent.
- The distinction between historical and non-historical human actions.
What distinction did Collingwood argue for, in terms of history?
What distinction did Collingwood argue for, in terms of history?
What idea did Vico and Hobbes share?
What idea did Vico and Hobbes share?
What did Collingwood believe about the historian's interest in human conduct?
What did Collingwood believe about the historian's interest in human conduct?
How did Vico's understanding influence the historian's common sense in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries?
How did Vico's understanding influence the historian's common sense in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries?
What did Marx mean when he said 'men make their own history, but they do not make it just as they please'?
What did Marx mean when he said 'men make their own history, but they do not make it just as they please'?
What concept was summarized by Croce as 'verum ipsum factum'?
What concept was summarized by Croce as 'verum ipsum factum'?
How did Vico scholars interpret Vico's view on the separation between natural and human sciences?
How did Vico scholars interpret Vico's view on the separation between natural and human sciences?
