The good historian is like the giant of the fairy tale. He knows that wherever he catches the scent of human flesh, there his quarry lies. — Marc Bloch Copy Share Image
History is, in its essentials, the science of change. It knows and it teaches that it is impossible to find two events that are… — Marc Bloch Copy Share
The ABC of our profession is to avoid these large abstract terms in order to try to discover behind them the only concrete realities,… — Marc Bloch Copy Share
“Similarly, when it is not the past that we are studying, but some set of phenomena relating to a principle still active, we expect… — Marc Bloch Copy Share
The good historian is like the giant of the fairy tale. He knows that wherever he catches the scent of human flesh, there his… — Marc Bloch Copy Share
“Hitler kept the truth from his servile masses. Instead of intellectual persuasion he gave them emotional suggestion.” — Marc Bloch Copy Share
“When it is a question of ascertaining whether or not some human act has really taken place, [historians] cannot be too painstaking. If they… — Marc Bloch Copy Share
“The very names we use to describe ancient ideas or vanished forms of social organization would be quite meaningless if we had not known… — Marc Bloch Copy Share
The historian is, by definition, absolutely incapable of observing the facts which he examines. — Marc Bloch Copy Share
“No doubt they thought that by allowing themselves to become martyrs to their nerves they were giving proof of a fine stoicism, just as… — Marc Bloch Copy Share
But history is neither watchmaking nor cabinet construction. It is an endeavor toward better understanding. — Marc Bloch Copy Share
Thenceforth they thought that, rationally concluded, doubt could become an instrument of knowledge. — Marc Bloch Copy Share
The nature of our intelligence is such that it is stimulated far less by the will to know than by the will to understand. — Marc Bloch Copy Share
