Which of the Following Sociologists Spoke of the Importance of History

Multiple Choice

Which of the following sociologists spoke of the importance of history in understanding present-day society? He wrote, "[I]n each one of us, in differing degrees, is contained the person we were yesterday…[T]he present is necessarily insignificant when compared with the long period of the past because of which we have emerged in the form we have today."

A) Karl Marx
B) Max Weber
C) Emile Durkheim
D) W.E.B. Dubois
E) Robert Merton