We Need History, Not To Tell Us What Happened Or To Explain The Past, But To Make The Past Alive So That It Can Explain Us And Make A Future Possible.

-Allan Bloom

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We Need History, Not To

Allan Bloom

We Need History, Not To Tell Us What Happened Or To Explain The Past, But To Make The Past Alive So That It Can Explain Us And Make A Future Possible.

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