A New History of the Humanities: The Search for Principles and Patterns from Antiquity to the Present
by Rens Bod
Chronicles the search for foundational principles and patterns across the humanities from antiquity to the present day.
About This Book
This book traces the long quest within the humanities to identify shared principles and recurring patterns from ancient times to today.
It examines how disciplines such as philology, art history, and musicology developed their own methods of inquiry.
The narrative highlights key turning points when scholars sought to place the humanities on equal footing with the sciences.
Throughout, the work underscores the ongoing effort to define what constitutes reliable knowledge in humanistic study.
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