"History is an indispensable even though not the……" — Carl L. Becker
"History is an indispensable even though not the highest form of intellectual endeavor."
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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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All historical writing, even the most honest, is unconsciously subjective, since every age is bound, in spite of itself, to…
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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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