Eli5: What is the difference between history and political science and how does it compare to politics and philosophy?

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I find the terms to be confusing especially between politics and political science as well as political science and history. Philosophy and politics seem to be confusing. How are each different?

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History is the recorded events we have of the past. Poli science studies how politics (in its most general term) did what they did. For example, history says that Caesar was killed. Poli sci would look at the type of government that had, who held power- what similar governments today look like compared to the .

Philosophy- how we think of and question any part of this world or our existence.

Politics- how governments across the world operate, who likes who, who doesn’t like who. I’m

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