Saturday, January 03, 2009

Thought for the Day: study of history

Contributed by Ho Cheow Seng

"The study of history is a powerful antidote to contemporary arrogance. It is humbling to discover how many of our glib assumptions, which seem to us novel and plausible, have been tested before, not once but many times and in innumerable guises; and discovered to be, at great human cost, wholly false."
- Paul Johnson
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1 comment:

Wayangnologist said...

I am convinced the study of History MUST be a waste of time.


Surely thats why the FIs zealously include fine prints everywhere that kept stressing that it has nothing to do with the Future?

January 06, 2009 10:10 AM

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