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History CH -1 Historiography Development in the West — Social Studies STD 10 — Question

Maharashtra BoardEnglish MediumSTD 10Social StudiesHistory CH -1 Historiography Development in the West3 Marks
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What did Rene Descartes insist upon?
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French Philosopher Rene Descartes insisted on the following in writing historiography:
  1. ‘Never to accept anything as true till all grounds of doubt are excluded’.
  2. Hence, the reliability of a source like historical documents should be verified by critically examining them while writing history.

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