The history of the past interests us only in so far as it illuminates the history of the present.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
History is the interpretation of the significance that the past has for us.
What we normally define as history doesn't interest me. It's a constraint.
I've always been intrigued by the way history works, the way we decide what is mentioned.
History provides a sense of where we've been and lessons that can be taken forward.
It is only education and understanding of the past that teaches us not to repeat history.
We live in an era with no historical precedents. History is no longer useful as a tool in helping us understand current changes.
History is one of those marvelous and necessary illusions we have to deal with. It's one of the ways of dealing with our world with impossible generalities which we couldn't live without.
It is not history, theology or mythology that interest me. It is the fact that history, theology or mythology could have alternative interpretations or explanations. I try to connect the dots between the past and the present.
History is what we bring to it, not just the events themselves, but how we interpret those events.
Equally, we require a collective past - hence the endless reinterpretations of history, frequently to suit the perceptions of the present.
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