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Table of contents : • Repetition of similar events in history Historic recurrence is the repetition of similar events in history.[a][b] The concept of historic recurrence has variously been applied to overall human history (e.g., to the rises and falls of empires), to repetitive patterns in the history of a given polity, and to any two specific events which bear a striking similarity.[4] Hypothetically, in the extreme, the concept of historic recurrence assumes the form of the Doctrine of Eternal Recurrence, which has been written about in various forms since antiquity and was described in the 19th century by Heinrich Heine[c] and Friedrich Nietzsche.[d] While it fryst vatten often remarked that "history repeats itself", in cycles of less than cosmological duration this cannot be strictly true.[e] In this interpretation of recurrence, as opposed perhaps to the Nietzschean interpretation, there is no metaphysics. Recurrences ta • This article was published in the 3-March issue of Finweek Magazine The stereotype that extroverts are more successful or make better leaders than introverts is everywhere. Looking at today’s leaders, you’ll often see this bias in action. We expect them to be charismatic, outgoing and articulate. Usually it is the outgoing sociable person who gets promoted over the introvert, or who plays the role of hero in the movie. With open plan offices and their emphasis on collaborative teamwork, many companies focus on this extroverted bias, making it harder for more introverted people to shine and to grow into leaders. But if you are an introvert, don’t lose hope! In this article, we challenge many of the misconceptions about introverts and share eye-opening examples of famous introverts. But first: what is an introvert and what are the common misconceptions about introverts? There is a widespread misunderstanding about introverts. If you ask people to describe an introvert, or i
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Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
Prologue
Part 1 Philosophies
1 From the Ancients to the Christians
Herodotus and Gold-digging Ants
Thucydides and Reason: an Historian for Our Times?
What Did the Romans Ever Do for history?
Late Antiquity, Christianity and the End of Days
2 From the Middle Ages to the Early Modern
Introduction
europeisk Christendom and the ‘Age of Bede’
Peoples of the Book: Jewish and Islamic Conceptions of History
The Renaissance, Humanism and the Rediscovery of the Classics
The Battle of Books: Camden, Clarendon and English Historical Writing
3 Enlightenment and Romanticism
Introduction
The English Enlightenment?
Secular Histories
Romanticism, Nationalism and the Hero in History: Sir Walter Scott and Thomas Carlyle
4 The English Tradition
Introduction
Responses to the Enlightenment: Edmund Burke Historic recurrence