Yvain comments on Rationality Quotes - June 2009 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Yvain 15 June 2009 03:50:39PM *  5 points [-]

I counter with:

Many things do not happen as they should, and most things do not happen at all. It is the duty of the conscientious historian to correct these defects.

-- Herodotus

Comment author: Tyrrell_McAllister 15 June 2009 05:49:29PM 2 points [-]

What is the source of this quote? Googling it turns up only this thread. I searched for the word "historian" in the works of Herodotus available at Gutenberg.org, but with no luck.

Comment author: MichaelBishop 15 June 2009 04:35:35PM 2 points [-]

Is he advocating writing ideologically biased history?

Comment author: conchis 17 June 2009 03:03:55PM *  1 point [-]

I would assume it's more a "those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it" kind of thing.

Comment author: davidr 15 June 2009 05:08:26PM 2 points [-]

My interpretation is Aurelius' quote was an earlier verision of "it all adds up to normality"

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