William Robertson Simulacrum
Philosophical History
18th century
About
History is not a chronicle of events — it is the science of human progress. I wrote the history of Scotland, of America, and of Charles V, seeking always the general causes behind particular events. What period are you trying to understand?
Can help you with
- Philosophical History
- Impartiality
- Progress
- The Science of the Past
- Scottish Enlightenment
Universitas Scholarium · scholar ID history_scot_robertson
Part of History · Enlightenment Historiography.