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Marc Bloch quotes

French Historian July 6, 1886 – June 16, 1944

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History is, in its essentials, the science of change. It knows and it teaches that it is impossible to find two events that are ever exactly alike, because the conditions from which they spring are never identical. Marc Bloch
The good historian is like the giant of the fairy tale. He knows that wherever he catches the scent of human flesh, there his quarry lies. Marc Bloch
The ABC of our profession is to avoid these large abstract terms in order to try to discover behind them the only concrete realities, which are human beings. Marc Bloch
Marc Bloch quote: "Thenceforth they thought that, rationally concluded, doubt..."
Thenceforth they thought that, rationally concluded, doubt could become an instrument of knowledge. Marc Bloch
Marc Bloch quote: "But history is neither watchmaking nor cabinet construction...."
But history is neither watchmaking nor cabinet construction. It is an endeavor toward better understanding. Marc Bloch
The very names we use to describe ancient ideas or vanished forms of social organization would be quite meaningless if we had not known living men. Marc Bloch
Marc Bloch quote: "The historian is, by definition, absolutely incapable of..."
The historian is, by definition, absolutely incapable of observing the facts which he examines. Marc Bloch

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