Geistesgeschichte

German

Etymology

From Geist +‎ -es- +‎ Geschichte.

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Noun

Geistesgeschichte f (genitive Geistesgeschichte, plural Geistesgeschichten)

  1. (humanities) intellectual history; history of ideas: the methodical study of the origin, development, transmission, and effect of intellectual ideas — such as those of religion, philosophy, science, etc. — throughout the history of a nation or epoch.

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