The Birth of the Past

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The Birth of the Past KKKKKKK KKKKKKK KKKKKKK KKKKKKK KKKKKKK KKKKKKK KKKKKKK KKKKKKK KKKKKKK KKKKKKK KKKKKKK KKKKKKK KKKKKKK KKKKKKK The Birth The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore KKKKKKK KKKKKKK KKKKKKK KKKKKKK KKKKKKK KKKKKKK KKKKKKK KKKKKKK KKKKKKK KKKKKKK KKKKKKK KKKKKKK KKKKKKK KKKKKKK of thePast Z A C H A RY S AY R E S C H I F F M A N Foreword by A N T H O N Y G R A F T O N © 2011 The Johns Hopkins University Press All rights reserved. Published 2011 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper 2 4 6 8 9 7 5 3 1 The Johns Hopkins University Press 2715 North Charles Street Baltimore, Maryland 21218-4363 www.press.jhu.edu Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Schiffman, Zachary Sayre. The birth of the past / Zachary Sayre Schiffman. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-1-4214-0278-9 (hardcover : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 1-4214-0278-5 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. History—Philosophy. 2. Historiography—Philosophy. 3. Historiography— Western countries. 4. Western countries—Intellectual life. 5. Civilization, Western. I. Title. D16.8.S268 2011 901—dc22 2011008229 A catalog record for this book is available from the British Library. Special discounts are available for bulk purchases of this book. For more information please contact Special Sales at 410-516-6936 or specialsales@press.jhu.edu. The Johns Hopkins University Press uses environmentally friendly book materials, including recycled text paper that is composed of at least 30 percent post-consumer waste, whenever possible. For Hanna Holborn Gray and Karl Joachim Weintraub (1924–2004) K “And I too am a painter,” have I said with Correggio. —Montesquieu, The Spirit of the Laws, quoting Correggio’s reputed words upon first viewing Raphael’s St. Cecilia This page intentionally left blank ...