A Quote by Leopold Von Ranke
In schoolbooks and in literature we can separate ecclesiastical and political history; in the life of mankind they are intertwined.
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ideas that distinguish man from all other beings. Ideas
engender social institutions, political changes, technologi-
cal methods of production, and all that is called economic
conditions.
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