The Great Lisbon Earthquake of 1755

TODAY IN PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY: The Great Lisbon Earthquake of 1755

On Saturday 01 November 1755—270 years ago today—a terrible earthquake struck Lisbon, followed by a tsunami and fires. Tens of thousands died, a great many more suffered, and debate over the meaning and interpretation of the Lisbon earthquake rippled through European intellectual life, as the disaster became a point of contention between a naturalistic view of history and a non-naturalistic view of history

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