Il me semble qu’on n’a guère considéré l’histoire que comme des compilations chronologiques : on ne l’a écrite ni en citoyen ni en philosophe (…). Je me suis attaché à faire, autant que j’ai pu, l’histoire des mœurs, des sciences, des lois, des usages, des superstitions. Je ne vois presque que des histoires de rois; je veux celle des hommes.
Auteur : Voltaire
EN: History - I want the one of the men...
It seems to me that history has hardly been considered as chronological compilations: it has been written neither as a citizen nor as a philosopher (...). I have endeavored to do, as much as I could, the history of morals, sciences, laws, customs, superstitions. I see almost only stories of kings; I want the story of men.
Theme(s): fait | histoire