A Student's Guide to the Study Of History Quotes

“from Cicero: “To be ignorant of what happened before you were born is to remain a child always.”
― John Lukacs, A Student's Guide to the Study of History: History Guide

“History can and should be a vehicle for the exploration of self-consciousness. But it should also serve constantly to interrupt the monologues of our self-awareness, and even at times serve as a jamming mechanism. . . .; not only knowledge of ourselves, but knowledge of that which is other than ourselves.”
― Wilfred M. McClay, Student's Guides to History and U.S. History

“from the fine American essayist Agnes Repplier: “I used to think that ignorance of history meant only a lack of cultivation and a loss of pleasure. Now I am sure that such ignorance impairs our judgment by impairing our understanding, by depriving us of standards or the power of contrast, and the right to estimate.” And, “We can know nothing of any nation unless we know its history.”
― John Lukacs, A Student's Guide to the Study of History: History Guide