Famous quotes containing the word huizinga:
“History is the interpretation of the significance that the past has for us.”
—Johan Huizinga (1872–1945)
“People accept a representation in which the elements of wish and fantasy are purposely included but which nevertheless proclaims to represent “the past” and to serve as a guide-rule for life, thereby hopelessly confusing the spheres of knowledge and will.”
—Johan Huizinga (1872–1945)
“It is the goal of the American university to be the brains of the republic.”
—Johan Huizinga (1872–1945)