This document discusses reason and prejudice in history. It outlines several theories of reason in history, including divine plan, rationalist theory, national character, human emotions, Marxian theory, and the scientific theory. It also discusses types of prejudice in history such as cast, gender, language, religion, age, and regional prejudice. The document then discusses historicism and how historians have developed theories of history based on what they found in history. It outlines connections between historicism and other philosophies such as conservatism, empiricism, anthropomorphism, and colonialism. Finally, it briefly discusses branches of history and the relationship between history and archaeology.