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[OT] How much of history do we really know?
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<blockquote data-quote="Dispater" data-source="post: 1201078" data-attributes="member: 683"><p>In a way knowing what really happened and seeking out "the universal truth" (the exact nr. Jews in the Holocaust, for instance) in history is only built up on the historian's point of view, meaning he will not ignore the facts but present the facts in the way he percieves history, maybe ignore some details and add some here. In the end will have a semi-fictional version of what we want to believe is truth. History is at most storytelling and mythmaking merged with actual events. And the further away we get from it, the more it becomes a tale, almost fantastical (as with Alexander the Great for instance).</p><p></p><p>I really dont think most of us know or care that much about history unless it is something that has happened in out lifetime: and most humans are basically not very interested, it seems useless, it doesnt make you any money, etc.</p><p></p><p>But the fact is: we read history every day. We read newspapers, we witness actual events that are going to be passed on into our memories and into the records. We are also a result of our history, our long line of ancestors, our culture, from everything down to our clothes and mannerisms.</p><p></p><p>So even though most people care, we still live it, every day.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dispater, post: 1201078, member: 683"] In a way knowing what really happened and seeking out "the universal truth" (the exact nr. Jews in the Holocaust, for instance) in history is only built up on the historian's point of view, meaning he will not ignore the facts but present the facts in the way he percieves history, maybe ignore some details and add some here. In the end will have a semi-fictional version of what we want to believe is truth. History is at most storytelling and mythmaking merged with actual events. And the further away we get from it, the more it becomes a tale, almost fantastical (as with Alexander the Great for instance). I really dont think most of us know or care that much about history unless it is something that has happened in out lifetime: and most humans are basically not very interested, it seems useless, it doesnt make you any money, etc. But the fact is: we read history every day. We read newspapers, we witness actual events that are going to be passed on into our memories and into the records. We are also a result of our history, our long line of ancestors, our culture, from everything down to our clothes and mannerisms. So even though most people care, we still live it, every day. [/QUOTE]
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