History · Historical Method and Historiography
UGC NET December 2019 History
Which philosopher of history said 'all history is contemporary history'?
AGiambattista Vico
BBenedetto Croce ✓ Correct
CAuguste Comte
DOswald Spengler
Correct answer: (B) Benedetto Croce — Benedetto Croce said this, so the answer is Benedetto Croce.
Explanation
★Benedetto Croce said this, so the answer is Benedetto Croce.
★Benedetto Croce was an Italian idealist philosopher, historian and politician.
★He wrote on numerous topics.
★He held that the historian always views the past from the standpoint of the present.
★He therefore said that all history is contemporary history.
★So the philosopher of history who said this was Benedetto Croce.
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