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The writing of histories - as Goethe once noted - is one way of getting rid of the weight of the past.... The writing of history liberates us from history.

Benedetto Croce

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Benedetto Croce
Age: 86 †
Born: 1866
Born: February 25
Died: 1952
Died: November 20
Art Historian
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Literary Critic
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