The function of genius is not to give new answers, but to pose new questions which time and mediocrity can resolve.
History is not merely what happened. It is what happened in the context of what might have happened. - Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper
History is not merely what happened. It is what happened in the context of what might have happened.
- Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper
Summation of Leviathan: "The axiom, fear; the method, logic; the conclusion, despotism." - Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper
Summation of Leviathan: "The axiom, fear; the method, logic; the conclusion, despotism."
The function of genius is not to give new answers, but to pose new questions which time and mediocrity can resolve. - Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper
... the death of the spirit which threatens every man unless he is conscious of the danger and has a real purpose which can keep it alive and enable … - Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper
... the death of the spirit which threatens every man unless he is conscious of the danger and has a real purpose which can keep it alive and enable …
To find agreements in one's minority opinions is one of the great pleasures of reading. - Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper
To find agreements in one's minority opinions is one of the great pleasures of reading.
The victory of liberalism enables them to sue their victors. - Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper
The victory of liberalism enables them to sue their victors.
"Historians of every generation, I believe, unless they are pure antiquarians, see history against the background - the controlling background - of c… - Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper
"Historians of every generation, I believe, unless they are pure antiquarians, see history against the background - the controlling background - of c…
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