Gdańsk, Poland

Faculty of History

Wydział Historyczny

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Faculty of History at UG

University website: en.ug.edu.pl

Definitions and quotes

History
History (from Greek ἱστορία, historia, meaning "inquiry, knowledge acquired by investigation") is the study of the past as it is described in written documents. Events occurring before written record are considered prehistory. It is an umbrella term that relates to past events as well as the memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation of information about these events. Scholars who write about history are called historians.
History
Man is a history-making creature who can neither repeat his past nor leave it behind.
W. H. Auden, The Dyers Hand, "D.H. Lawrence" (1962)
History
Der Historiker ist ein rückwärts gekehrter Prophet.
The historian is a prophet facing backwards.
History
Die Weltgeschichte ist das Weltgericht.
The world's history is the world's judgment.

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