She wondered whether she should rewrite the past to explain the present. Does now negate then?
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royby
Historians rewrite the past with monotonous regularity, and often it is done to explain the present, but only in the terms that the present demands. In that case, the then IS negated by the now.
Norman
There was a time when a good historian was one who attempted to get closer to what advances in knowledge seemed to indicate as the most likely explanation of past events.
Now, it often becomes a contest to see who can paint the best possible picture supporting interpretations “historians” believe “ought” to be true. A simplification? Of course — but not, regretably, unfair or an oversimplification.
Lars
Now doesn’t negate then. Then is contained within now.
Lisa
A change in present circumstances does not mean a person was not happy then.
jon
The past is brittle
And the present, too.
Thru words both worlds merge
But only for a slippery moment
because the now becomes
the past the moment you write and
read even this.
dan
Isn’t it called ‘remembering’?
royby
Ah.. remembering. Interestingly, (for me at least) I have just used this quote in a research task that I am busyily preparing.
‘Thinking holds to the coming of what has been, and is remembrance.’
Martin Heidegger ñ The Question Concerning Technology
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