10 Questions
What is the historian's job, according to Collingwood?
To think himself into an action and discern the thought of its agent.
What did Collingwood mean by stating that 'all history properly so called is the history of human affairs'?
Natural processes are not considered part of historical events.
What did Croce deny in his 1893 essay 'History Subsumed under the Concept of Art'?
The separation of natural history from human history.
What distinction did Collingwood argue for, in terms of history?
The distinction between natural history and human history based on the actions of agents.
What idea did Vico and Hobbes share?
Humans can only have proper knowledge of civil and political institutions because they made them.
What did Collingwood believe about the historian's interest in human conduct?
The historian is not interested in natural appetites and activities.
How did Vico's understanding influence the historian's common sense in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries?
It reinforced the belief that humans can only have proper knowledge of civil and political institutions because they made them.
What did Marx mean when he said 'men make their own history, but they do not make it just as they please'?
Humans have some influence over their history, but not absolute control.
What concept was summarized by Croce as 'verum ipsum factum'?
The idea that humans can only have proper knowledge of civil and political institutions because they made them
How did Vico scholars interpret Vico's view on the separation between natural and human sciences?
They argued that Vico's views on the separation were misinterpreted by others.
Explore the conscious tendency to separate human history from natural history, and the philosophical debate surrounding the idea of nature having history in the same way humans do. Delve into the historical and philosophical perspectives on this topic with a brief sketch of its rich past.
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