Experience and teleology in ancient historiography : futures past from Herodotus to Augustine / Jonas Grethlein, Universitat Heidelberg.
The past is narrated in retrospect. Historians can either capitalize on the benefit of hindsight and give their narratives a strongly teleological design or they may try to render the past as it was experienced by historical agents and contemporaries. This book explores the fundamental tension betwe...
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