A történeti gondolkodás és a történész mestersége. 1. rész: A történeti gondolkodás antik hagyományai
Historical Thinking and the Craft of the Historian. Part 1: Antique Traditions of Historical Thinking

Summary/Abstract: Our perception of the past is concurrent with humanity because who we are and where we come from has always been a topic of interest for all people throughout history, thus we can not create a “one sentence” definition to the subject. What does the historian do? What is his/her mission? What is the object of her profession? How can he improve himself at his job? It is much easier to practice it than to define it. Of course, in my introductory chapter, I tried to summarize the most important general definitions of the work of a historian. In the next chapter, I focus on the circumstances of the development of historiography, e.g. first quasi historical writing, the Homeric epics. Then I concentrate on the works of Herodotus, Thucydides and Xenophon. This gives us an insight into the evolution of antique historical thinking. In the last part of my work I am discussing Roman historiography.

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