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Human History and Natural History

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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'?

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'?

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?

The distinction between natural history and human history based on the actions of agents. Signup and view all the answers

What idea did Vico and Hobbes share?

Humans can only have proper knowledge of civil and political institutions because they made them. Signup and view all the answers

What did Collingwood believe about the historian's interest in human conduct?

The historian is not interested in natural appetites and activities. Signup and view all the answers

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. Signup and view all the answers

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. Signup and view all the answers

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 Signup and view all the answers

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. Signup and view all the answers