Theory of Knowledge - Course Companion for Students Marija Uzunova Dang Arvin Singh Uzunov Dang

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(b)
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that history is mad: whthr vnts ar
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or ontingnt, and th importan
invital
hros, villains, monarhs and shmrs. As
of
Onion puts it, answring th qustion
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killing ay Hitlr rquirs you to think
aout
aout: “your own lifs aout th
dply
of progrss, th inhrnt ontingny of
natur
and th influn of individuals—vn
vnts,
harismati ons—on th flow of historial
vry
(Onion 2015).
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past
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history”
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onsidr
faturd in stion I) was dply onrnd
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th qustion of human agny in history.
with
insistd that what drivs history is th will,
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and ations of popl, and not astrat
hois
struturs and pattrns in soity. Ths
fors,
II. Perspectives
II. Perspectives
For discussion
What matters?
What ritria did you us to dfin this?
diffrns?
historial signifian?
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