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If there were a science of human beings it would be anthropology that aims at understanding the totality of experience through structural context.
Wilhelm Dilthey
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If there were a science of human beings it would be anthropology that aims at understanding the totality of experience through structural context. — Wilhelm Dilthey

About Wilhelm Dilthey

Wilhelm Dilthey was a Historian from Kingdom of Prussia (1833–1911).

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This quote is attributed to Wilhelm Dilthey, a Historian from Kingdom of Prussia.
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Wilhelm Dilthey lived from 1833 – 1911.
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