ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |127 pages
General Conceptions of History
chapter |28 pages
Quietist and Social Attitudes to History in China
chapter |22 pages
Metaphysical and Individualist Views in India
chapter |25 pages
Conceptions of History in Ancient Greece and Rome
chapter |24 pages
Theistic Conceptions of History I. Zoroastrian, Jewish, and Islamic
chapter |26 pages
Theistic Conceptions of History II. Christian
part |117 pages
Particular Theories of History