All Societies Are Historical.

There Have Been Only Rare Moments In History Where Individual Histories Were Able To Run Their Course Without Wars Or Revolutions.

Religions Tend To Disappear With Man's Good Fortune.

A Very Great Iliad... Concerns The Creation Of A Nation.

We Have Gotten Away From This Double Aspect Of Either Putting The Character Back Into Historical Events Or Of Making A Historical Event Of His Very Life.

Many Novelists Take Well-defined, Precise Characters, Whose Stories Are Sometimes Of Mediocre Interest, And Place Them In An Important Historical Context, Which Remains Secondary In Spite Of Everything.