Probing the Past is the fifth volume in the series Academic Introductions for Beginners which has so far addressed Philosophy, Politics, Theology, and Psychology. 484 - 425 BC), who attempted to limit himself to \'the facts.\' However, both the choice and the representation of \'relevant\' facts means that the historian has to develop some ideas, not only about the when, where, and how of History but also about the why." - From the Introduction. 395 BC) was the first, other than his somewhat older contemporary Herodotus (c. 460 - c.
As far as we can ascertain, the Greek historian Thucydides (c.
As I have explained in my Wisdom for Thinkers, facts are always facts-for-people; they are always contextually delineated.
Beginning with the question of how to properly characterize history, Ouweneel goes on to ask about the "meaning" of history; can we discern distinctive "patterns" or "epochs" in history; how should we understand God\'s "providence" in history; and finally how does "the Kingdom of God" relate to the empirical unfolding of what is commonly called "world history"? "History is never just a recording of the mere facts, apart from the question whether such things exist in the first place.
The present volume probes into a series of fundamental questions regarding the formative unfolding of the creation order.
Probing the Past is the fifth volume in the series Academic Introductions for Beginners which has so far addressed Philosophy, Politics, Theology, and Psychology
