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History should be written as philosophy.

History is Philosophy teaching by example.

The history of philosophy is not, like the history of the sciences, to be studied with the intellect alone. That which is receptive in us and that which impinges upon us from history is the reality of man's being, unfolding itself in thought.

History not used is nothing, for all intellectual life is action, like practical life, and if you don't use the stuff well, it might as well be dead.

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.

History is merciless. History doesn't care if we pound our society down a rat hole. It's up to us to make more intelligent choices about how we live!

My reading of philosophy and history is desultory; I know so much and yet so little.

Philosophy of science without history of science is empty; history of science without philosophy of science is blind.

History is an endless repetition of the wrong way of living.

History is with us until we learn from the suffering of the past.