title: The Philosophy of History in Our Time: An Anthology Selected, and With an Introd. and Commentary,
author: Hans, Ed. Meyerhoff
description: An Anthology Selected and Edited by Hans Meyerhoff. This careful selection of writings by major 20th century historians and philosophers centers on crucial contemporary debate -- the nature and validity of historical analysis and the role of the historian in discovering and confirming the past experience of the race. (from back cover)
zlib_text: THEORIES OF HISTORY 
  
  THE 
  FREE 
  PRESS 
  TEXTBOOK S I N 
  PHILOSOPHY 
  GENERAL EDITOR: Paul Edwards 
  
  Readings from Classical 
  and Contemporary Sources 
  THEORIES 
  OF 
  HISTORY 
  Edited with Introductions 
  and Commentary hy 
  PATRICK GARDINER 
  Oxford University 
  THE FREE PRESS, NEW YORK 
  COLLIE R-M ACM ILL AN LIMITED, LONDON 
  
  Copyright © 1959 by The Free Press, a corporation 
  Printed in the United States of America 
  All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or 
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  formation storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the Publisher. 
  Collier-Macmillan Canada, Ltd., Toronto, Ontario 
  Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 58-6481 
  Eighth printing August 1967 
  
  FOREWORD 
  In making selections for the first part of this book I have been concerned 
  in general to reproduce passages by writers more naturally classified as 
  philosophers of history 