The professor taught both History and Political Science.
Merit in terms of an action or a treaty or a even a letter can mean the consequences of that action or those words. Even you say....
As I said, History is about understanding past times as much as we can given the sources we have.
How complete is one's understanding if you do not see the merit in an action in history? That is my point, somewhere someone has to examine merit. You may not teach it, but it is implied. You may even ask a question on an exam such as: "Discuss the relative merit for France of the decision to build the Maginot Line in terms of the beginning of war on the western front of the Frankenreich." Non?
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Merit in terms of an action or a treaty or a even a letter can mean the consequences of that action or those words. Even you say....
As I said, History is about understanding past times as much as we can given the sources we have.
How complete is one's understanding if you do not see the merit in an action in history? That is my point, somewhere someone has to examine merit. You may not teach it, but it is implied. You may even ask a question on an exam such as: "Discuss the relative merit for France of the decision to build the Maginot Line in terms of the beginning of war on the western front of the Frankenreich." Non?
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