History
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History as knowledge and as literature, its kinds and divisions, its distinction from poetry, myth, philosophy, and science. |
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The light and lesson of history, its role in the education of the mind and in the guidance of. |
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human conduct. |
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The writing of history, research and narration, the influence of poetry. |
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The determination and choice of fact, the classification of historical data. |
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The explanation or interpretation of historic fact, the historian's treatment of causes. |
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The philosophy of history. |
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Theories of causation in the historical process. |
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The alternatives of fate or freedom, necessity or chance. |
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Material forces in history, economic, physical, and geographic factors. |
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World history as the development of Spirit, the stages of the dialectic of history. |
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The role of the individual in history, the great man, hero, or leader. |
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The laws and patterns of historical change, cycles, progress, evolution. |
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The spirit of the time as conditioning the politics and culture of a period. |
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The theology of history. |
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The relation of the gods or God to human history, the dispensations of providence. |
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The city of God and the city of man, church and state. |
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