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Author Widgery, Alban G. (Alban Gregory), 1887-1968, author.

Title Interpretations of history : Confucius to Toynbee / Alban G. Widgery
Published London : Routledge, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (260 pages)
Series Routledge library editions. Historiography ; volume 29
Routledge library editions. Historiography ; volume 29.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Original Title; Original Copyright; Dedication; PREFACE; Contents; PART ONE. GENERAL CONCEPTIONS OF HISTORY-Oriental and Occidental; I Quietist and Social Attitudes to History in China; II Metaphysical and Individualist Views of History in India; III Conceptions of History in Ancient Greece and Rome; IV Theistic Conceptions of History: I. Zoroastrian, Jewish, Islamic; V Theistic Conceptions of History: II. Christian; PART TWO. PARTICULAR THEORIES OF HISTORY-Occidental
VI Some Independent Reflections on History from the Renaissance to the Nineteenth CenturyVII Idealist Treatments of History in the Nineteenth Century and After; VIII Naturalist Treatments of History in the Nineteenth Century and After; IX Attitudes of Historians and the Approach to Philosophy of History; INDEX
Notes Includes index
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 22, 2016)
Subject History -- Philosophy.
HISTORY -- Study & Teaching.
History -- Philosophy
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781317275190
1317275195