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by pg 5994 days ago
The first part is true, but in general the second part is false; in general, there is a big difference between the people who are most famous in their lifetimes and those who are most famous later from that period.
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gruseom 5994 days ago
Exactly so. George Brandes was orders of magnitude more famous than Nietzsche in the 1890s. There are countless such examples.
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asdflkj 5992 days ago
Is there a name for the branch of history that deals specifically with "pop culture" of past societies?
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