Second Epilogue, key concept note 10

Modern historians often forget that causes and effects must be proportional.

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    • Modern historians often forget that causes and effects must be proportional.

      Summary:

      Another common problem with modern histories is that they forget that causes and effects must be proportional.

      quote from the chapter:

      The only conception that can explain the movement of the locomotive is that of a force commensurate with the movement observed.

      The only conception that can explain the movement of the peoples is that of some force commensurate with the whole movement of the peoples.

      Yet to supply this conception various historians take forces of different kinds, all of which are incommensurate with the movement observed.

      Click here to read full text of this in Chapter 3 of this epilogue.

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