The Arc of History
... one of the lighter aphorisms of de Merlner.
Verse 63: Nova Conta, Section 8
L'arc de l'histoire (The Arc of History)
History is not geology or astronomy… it is human history: the decisions, hopes, and desires, translated into passionate actions by humans, therefore its trajectory is not written in stone or the stars.
For the wheel of history traces not a cycloid, or a disembodied moral arc leading us back to Eden or toward utopia, but the vector sum of the actions of individual humans, and therefore is not inevitable.
Verse 63: Nova Conta, Section 8
L'arc de l'histoire (The Arc of History)
History is not geology or astronomy… it is human history: the decisions, hopes, and desires, translated into passionate actions by humans, therefore its trajectory is not written in stone or the stars.
For the wheel of history traces not a cycloid, or a disembodied moral arc leading us back to Eden or toward utopia, but the vector sum of the actions of individual humans, and therefore is not inevitable.
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