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Last updated on April 15, 2025.

Johann Gustav Droysen

Johann Gustav Bernhard Droysen was a German historian. His history of Alexander the Great was the first work representing a new school of German historical thought that idealized power held by so-called "great" men.

July 6, 1808 - June 19, 1884

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History is the self-consciousness of humanity. — © Johann Gustav Droysen

History is the self-consciousness of humanity.

Johann Gustav Droysen

Johann Gustav Droysen

History is the "know thyself" of humanity - the self-consciousness of mankind.

Johann Gustav Droysen

Johann Gustav Droysen

History is the only science enjoying the ambiguous fortune of being required to be at the same time an art.

Johann Gustav Droysen

Johann Gustav Droysen

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