Abstract
Thinking of history and historical truth requires a special report to
the notion of interpretation, according to which the past is recomposed through philosophical methods. Henri Irénée Marrou defines comprehension as ”the dialectic of the same with the Other”, as a
dialogue involving the existence of a broad base of fellowship between
subject and object, between the historian and the man who is revealed
through the document, in a state of mind that makes us connatural to
others, allows us to experience their passions, to rethink their ideas
under the same light wherever they saw them. For Marrou, the ”other” is
the historical past (De la connaissance historique).
My paper aims at examine the way in which the consciousness of the
present time is related to the consciousness of the past time, the way in
which private histories and public history are articulated in mentalities
that reflects the civic function of history
the notion of interpretation, according to which the past is recomposed through philosophical methods. Henri Irénée Marrou defines comprehension as ”the dialectic of the same with the Other”, as a
dialogue involving the existence of a broad base of fellowship between
subject and object, between the historian and the man who is revealed
through the document, in a state of mind that makes us connatural to
others, allows us to experience their passions, to rethink their ideas
under the same light wherever they saw them. For Marrou, the ”other” is
the historical past (De la connaissance historique).
My paper aims at examine the way in which the consciousness of the
present time is related to the consciousness of the past time, the way in
which private histories and public history are articulated in mentalities
that reflects the civic function of history