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An Interpretation of Universal History (Paperback)
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An Interpretation of Universal History (Paperback)
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The prospectus that announced the creation of The Institute of the
Humanities promised an inaugural course of twelve lectures, to be
given by its founder and entitled, "Concerning a New Interpretation
of International History. (Exposition and Examination of A. J.
Toynbee's work, A Study of History.)" But the course as given (in
1948-49) went much farther than that announcement, for the
"examination" consisted principally of a critique of Toynbee's work
from the point of view of Ortega's own doctrines, together with the
unfolding of his personal ideas about the science of history and
the progress of peoples-in particular the Romans-with frequent side
excursions, meant to be systematic, into the crisis of the present
time. The central theme of these pages becomes "the analysis of
life established in illegitimacy . . . of which the two gigantic
examples are the declining days of the Roman Empire and the period
in which we ourselves are living." To the modern crisis, Ortega
brings a basic analysis and a program of reform for intelligence by
which contemporary life might emerge from the confusion it now
suffers.
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