Tag: philosophy
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How to Analyse Historical Sources
In this post, I’m going to build on the last two and go into a bit more depth and talk about how to analyse a historical source. If you’ve not read the last two posts in this series, be sure to check them out! When digging into historical primary and secondary sources, it is important…
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Of Wonder, and Beauty, and Rainy Days
As a writer, there is something about rainy days that gives me the urge to write… cuddled beneath a blanket with a hot cup of coffee listening to the rain pelt down outside. You may think, from reading that line, that we are in the last days of autumn and winter is fast approaching, but…
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5 Key Elements of Good Historical Practice
In this short post, I would like to pick up where I left off in my last post on Primary and Secondary Sources, and talk about 5 key elements of good historical practice. Before we do that though, we need to talk about the difference between the past and history. Those terms are used interchangeably…
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Why History Matters
In this essay I would like to examine and explore the question, why does history matter to us today? History seems to have little relevance in the modern world of industrialisation, technology, science, and onward progress. In a society which values the new as always better, and the old as old fashioned and…
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