My historical knowledge of the French Revolution is based on 17 viewings of History of the World, Part I. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The bases for historical knowledge are not empirical facts but written texts, even if these texts masquerade in the guise of wars… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Historical knowledge is indispensable for those who want to build a better world — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Genuine historical knowledge requires nobility of character, a profound understanding of human existence - not detachment and objectivity. — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“This is the paradox of historical knowledge. Knowledge that does not change behaviour is useless. But knowledge that changes behaviour quickly loses… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“Men and women who have never lived make finer captives on the printed page, or if they have lived, and are historical,… — Daphne du Maurier Copy Share Image
The mere notion of photography, when we introduce it into our meditation on the genesis of historical knowledge and its true value,… — Paul Valery Copy Share Image
Risk models are a substitute for historical knowledge, because they tend to work with just three years' worth of data. But three… — Niall Ferguson Copy Share Image
“It does not require much historical knowledge (though it may require a certain historical perspective) to see that many, if not all,… — John Lukacs Copy Share Image
A modern theory of knowledge which takes account of the relational as distinct from the merely relative character of all historical knowledge… — Karl Mannheim Copy Share Image
“Gower is the first English writer to use "history" as an English word. He regularly rhymes the term with "memory," for to… — Russell A. Peck Copy Share Image
All knowledge that is about human society, and not about the natural world, is historical knowledge, and therefore rests upon judgment and… — Edward Said Copy Share Image
“Because our current educational system now graduates students lacking even minimal historical knowledge, citizens are misled by outlandish charges Modernists make about… — David Barton Copy Share Image
It is easy to see, though it scarcely needs to be pointed out, since it is involved in the fact that Reason… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
“young people at Western schools and universities have been given the idea of a liberal education, without the substance of historical knowledge.… — Niall Ferguson Copy Share Image
“For roughly thirty years, young people at Western schools and universities have been given the idea of a liberal education, without the… — Niall Ferguson Copy Share Image
