Note 178 — II A Sketch of the History of the Idea of Milieu Since the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century

Ibid., p. 233.—Mougeoulle makes the milieu account for the great men in history, the great popular epics, social and historical life in general; the tendencies of the three historical schools—German, French, and English—are connected with the differences in the milieus of their respective countries.—Cf. ibid., pp. 230–2.