Father of History or Father of Lies; The Reputation of Herodotus Author(s): J. A. S. Evans
Source: The Classical Journal, Vol. 64, No. 1 (Oct., 1968), pp. 11-17

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This is similar to Deleuze's concept of personae in philosophy, partial observer in science and artist–perceiver in arts.

Also see, Lawvere & Schanuel, 2009, pp. 308-9, wrt to idealization, beginning with the last paragraph:

"Regarding the scientific process... The idealization itself often consists of assuming that, of the many forces acting in a situation, one ‘main’ force is the only force.... this one force is gravity. Such idealization can lead to very far-reaching development of theory; in the example of gravity, it led Galileo, Newton, Jacobi, Hamilton, Einstein, and others to theory which is constantly used in terrestrial and celestial navigation.
... But the second equally important aspect of the scientific process of idealization is this: in applying the developed theory to new situations, one must constantly remain conscious of the likelihood that forces other than the ‘main’ idealized ones are also acting and sometimes becoming ‘main’ forces themselves.

Based on language analysis of Histories, we can surmise that Herodotus was a standup historian.