History Quote by Cornelius Castoriadis

“The rational study of law is still to a large extent the study of history. History must be a part of the study, because…

— Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

History is the discovering of the principles of human nature.

— David Hume

“A key theme is that human history, behavior and reality are governed not by what we know but by what we believe.”

— Richard B. Spence

“Only by taking infinitesimally small units for observation (the differential of history, that is, the individual tendencies of men) and attaining to the art…

— Leo Tolstoy

“Only by assuming an infinitesimally small unit for observation - a differential of history (that is, the common tendencies of men) - and arriving…

— Leo Tolstoy

Human behaviour reveals uniformities which constitute natural laws. If these uniformities did not exist, then there would be neither social science nor political economy,…

— Vilfredo Pareto

Human history is, in essence, a history of ideas.

— H. G. Wells

“History is, after all, something that happened to people. No 'force' whether economic or political can act except as it acts through the minds…

— Priscilla Smith Robertson

Human history in essence is the history of ideas.

— H. G. Wells

“Humans make their own history, but not under circumstances of their choosing.”

— John Lanchester

“History is a record of human nature in action.”

— James Carlos Blake

“Every theory of social action is ultimately a philosophy of history. It attempts, as best it may, to read in the experience of mankind…

— Anonymous