"All historical writing, even the most honest, is……" — Carl L. Becker
"All historical writing, even the most honest, is unconsciously subjective, since every age is bound, in spite of itself, to make the dead perform whatever tricks it finds necessary for its own peace of mind."
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Carl L. Becker
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11 Quotes by Carl L. Becker
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My own mind is my own church.
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To ask whether the natural rights philosophy of the Declaration of Independence is true or false, is essentially a meaningless…
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History is the memory of things said and done.
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The significance of man is that he is insignificant and is aware of it.
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No one can deny that much of our modern advertising is essentially dishonest; and it can be maintained that to…
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Serious thinkers are few, and the world is ruled by crude ideas.
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Reason is incompetent to answer any fundamental question about God, or morality, or the meaning of life.
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Generally speaking, men are influenced by books which clarify their own thought, which express their own notions well, or which…
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The value of history is, indeed, not scientific but moral: by liberalizing the mind, by deepening the sympathies, by fortifying…
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History is an indispensable even though not the highest form of intellectual endeavor.
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