Interpretations of History
From Confucius to Toynbee| By: | Alban G. Widgery |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Print ISBN: | 9781138192614 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781317275183 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 1961 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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In this volume, originally published in 1961, the author presents an exposition of the meanings given to history. Part 1 describes the conceptions of history impied in wide-spread religions and cultures, Confucian and Taoist, Hindu and Buddhist, Zoroastrian and Muslim, Greek and Roman, Jewish and Christian. Part 2 surveys the theories of independent thinkers and schools in the Occident from the Middle Ages to the mid-twentieth century.