PieterGeyl
Pre-reading
PieterCatharinusArieGeyl (1887-1966) , ’stimetothepresent, ’sview, , “argumentwithoutend”, butdidnotfeelthatthismeantthatan “anythinggoes” interpretationofhistorywasacceptable.
PromptsforYourReading
, doyouoccasionallyfeelskepticalaboutthe “factsorfactors”? Whyorwhynot?
, “Behindthefact, behindthegoddessHistory, thereisahistorian.” Howdoyouunderstandthisstatement?
, especiallyincertainsocialgroupsorreligiouscircles?
? Canyoudistinguishthefactsfromthemythsinthem?
’shistorywillsufferfromhisbeingsowrappedupinamythofhisownday?
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[1] , sometimesadifficultjobinallconscience, isonlythefirststageofhiswork: ifheistogiveanintelligibleaccount, ifhewilltohisownsatisfactionunderstand, hemustusehismaterialbychoosingfromit1, orderingit, ; thatis, hewilltamperwithordetractfromtheabsolute, unchangingtruth.“Ishallsticktothefact,”“Ishallletthefactsspeakforthemselves” — thesewellknownturnsofspeechareoftenpermissibleenough, buttheyareapttobeasmisleadingasthatotherfavoritephrase: “Historyshows.” Behindthefact, behindthegoddessHistory, thereisahistorian.Clio2maybeinpossessionofthetruth, thewholetruth, andnothingbutthetruth, buttothehistorian (theyoung, middle-aged, oroldladyorgentlemanrummagingamongpapersinthearchiveorwringatadesk) shewillatbest, inexchangefortheirlaboranddevotion, , anapproximation, oftherealtruthaboutthepast.
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