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Without philosophy, history is always for me dead and dumb.

Ferdinand Christian Baur

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Ferdinand Christian Baur
Age: 68 †
Born: 1792
Born: June 21
Died: 1860
Died: December 2
Church Historian
Theologian
University Teacher
Stupid
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Philosophy
History
Without
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Dumb

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