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What is History for?


If you are unlucky enough to study a lot of history in school,
You often remember only one thing: how boring it was
It often has many bad memories of the 100-year war,
War of the Spanish Caliphate, looting of crops from the east
Or the good deeds of Florence Nightingale
As a result, it will not be surprising – these days – to leave the whole subject.
But this is unfortunate, the real reason that history is boring
Is that we do not know the real reason behind his study
Here’s the biggest reason why history is important: it’s important because it provides us with
By many problems of our present
At best, history gives us some of the things we need
But it is not enough in our world today.
As a society, we are very obsessed with what we have achieved so far
Unintentionally, we are very biased towards our present news agencies – which is the superpower in our world today –
He is obsessed with things that happen
In the last five minutes only.
Although the most important things that enrich our vision and inspire us
The oldest … much
What we need these days more than anything is good ideas
In the event history is full of them, imagine if you are not satisfied
On some aspects of modern capitalism, it will help you a lot
To read about the history of pro-equality, a group of English fundamentalists wrote and lived among
1645 and 1650. If you were wondering about the meaning of holidays
Your thoughts will greatly enrich your knowledge of history
Hajj, especially the moves of people
To visit distant shrines.
History teaches us that things may change
People were not always as they are now: materialistic and obsessed with work.
Unable to build a good architecture, they are satisfactorily interested in communion
Or are very interested in becoming slender bodies
There is a disturbing saying: Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it forever
But this statement shows that there are no mistakes in history.
It is logical to say that those who do not know history can not improve their present
History can also teach us courage. It is easy to feel while you are in the present now,
That things are terribly appalling today.
But rarely do you, as soon as your perspective expands
The present is not exceptional in levels of moderation and sacrifice as soon as you read
Literature, you will know that people in the past were equally bad and although our challenges are great of course,
But they are not exceptional compared to those who have encountered
The looting of Rome and the Lisbon earthquake
History ends up as a tool to appreciate the advantages that are easily overlooked
He can teach us to judge our society compared to other societies rather than to compare with our ideals
The EU of course has some problems, but the Habsburg Empire
She had those problems and much more, our government may be poor, but there was worse
Traffic movements are bad, but the siege of Leningrad
History can be our consolation
Having a clear idea of ​​the importance of history must likewise change the way in which it is taught
In the future we must treat history more as the doctor treats his medicines.
Before diving into history, we must first find out what mistakes we have,
What we miss here and now, we may be diagnosed with a lack of courage
Or that our nature has been corrupted, or hesitated about the nature of the marriage, and must cut history as a medicine for this part
Historians themselves must have a clearer picture of the problems of our present
Those they are trying to solve. They must tell us clearly about things from the past
Which may help us in the present. It is not the past for the past, but the past for us
Good history must always mean: the history that holds solutions and advices for today
Now, this may be exciting
Translation team translated: @autrjim
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