he study of history assumes
time and place, without
which a past event cannot be
understood. Both are neces-
sary, but are they sufficient?

The question arises because there are often inquiries that are clearly not couched, as the physical sciences are, in terms of timeless causes and effects but that we do not consider to be history-inquiries relating to geology, botany, and zoology, in which it is necessary to specify time and place. Such inquiries have indeed been sometimes described as...