History · Historical Method and Historiography
UGC NET June 2023 History (Shift-I)
Who said 'If history teaches any lesson at all, it is that there are no historical lessons'?
ALucien Febvre ✓ Correct
BThomas Fuller
CR.G. Collingwood
DE.H. Carr
Correct answer: (A) Lucien Febvre — It was Lucien Febvre, so the answer is Lucien Febvre.
Explanation
★It was Lucien Febvre, so the answer is Lucien Febvre.
★Lucien Febvre said that if history teaches any lesson at all, it is that there are no historical lessons.
★Lucien Febvre was a co-founder of the Annales school.
★He wrote books such as A Geographical Introduction to History and The Rhine.
★He also wrote on the problems of history and economics.
★So the author of this statement was Lucien Febvre.
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