A discussion on quotes relating to history. This goes to different places, a way to talk about philosophy and other subjects as it relates to humanity and its time on this earth through the eyes of others, alive or dead.
"No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men."Thomas Carlyle, Heroes and Hero Worship, "The Hero as Divinity""Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past."George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), Chapter III."The history of life on earth has been a history of interaction between living things and their surroundings. To a large extent, the physical form and the habits of the earth's vegetation and its animal life have been molded by the environment. Considering the whole span of earthly time, the opposite effect, in which life actually modifies its surroundings, has been relatively slight. Only within the moment of time represented by the present century has one species-man-acquired significant power to alter the nature of his world."Rachel Carson Silent Spring (1962)"History is just as much a science as chemistry or physics. It has its own laws, it has its own logic."Vladimir Kara-Murza, as quoted in "‘Russia Will Be Democratic.’ Vladimir and Evgenia Kara-Murza on the Fight for a Free Russia" (15 August 2024), by Yasmeen Serhan, Time, New York City: Time USA, LLC
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