The limits of history / Constantin Fasolt.
The limits of history / Constantin Fasolt.
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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2004.
Date
2004.
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N901/460
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English
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xxi, 326 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. A Dangerous Form of Knowledge -- 2. The Subject: Hermann Conring -- 3. The Context: Discursus Novus -- 4. The Text: Bartolus of Sassoferrato -- 5. The Limits of History.
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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2004.
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Illinois
Date Published
2004.
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"History casts a spell on our minds more powerful than science or religion. It does not root us in the past at all. It rather flatters us with the belief in our ability to recreate the world in our image. It is a form of self-assertion that brooks no opposition or dissent and shelters us from the experience of time.".
"So argues Constantin Fasolt in The Limits of History, an ambitious and path-breaking study that conquers history's power by carrying the fight into the center of its domain. Fasolt considers the work of Hermann Conring (1606-81) and Bartolus of Sassoferrato (1313/14-57), two antipodes in early modern battles over the principles of European thought...
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The limits of history / Constantin Fasolt.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N901/460
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0226239101 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780226239101 (cloth : alk. paper)
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901
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991019388609702626
