It is an assumption, which cannot be verified, that we shall not…

The Macedonian people and their kings were of Greek stock, as their traditions and the scanty remains of their language combine to testify.

Writing the history of the present is always a very different thing from writing the history of the distant past. The history of the distant past depends entirely on literary and documentary sources; the history of the present always …

by making the profession of (Christian) orthodoxy a necessary condition for public teaching

Polybius is not less express than Thucydides in asserting the principle that accurate representation of facts was the fundamental duty of the historian. He lays down that three things are requisite for performing such a task as his: the …

whose occupation was gone

Most beliefs about nature and man, which were not founded on scientific observation, have served directly or indirectly religious and social interests, and hence they have been protected by force against the criticisms of persons who have …