The man who bears my name, and who claims to be me, was born on July 15, 1865, the sixth in a… — Laurence Housman Copy Share Image
However, the sciences of society and of history retained their old subservient relation to metaphysics for a long time - well into… — Wilhelm Dilthey Copy Share Image
One thing that always frustrated me was that, while Benjamin Franklin's was the best-known face of the eighteenth century, no one ever… — Jill Lepore Copy Share Image
Before the rise of the nation-state, between the eighteenth and twentieth centuries, the world was mostly tribal. Tribes were united by language,… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
Book reviewing dates only to the eighteenth century, when, for the first time, there were so many books being printed that magazines… — Jill Lepore Copy Share Image
