Groo the Wanderer Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 I study history cause I love seeing the development of humanity, with all its pimples and pustules... ...and cause I have it for the next 5 weeks in school.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justified Saint Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 (edited) For those who voted A: From the eminent Catholic historian Christopher Dawson: "There has certainly been a tendency among Catholic writers to make history a department of apologetics and to idealise medieval culture in order to exalt their religious ideals." History can surely be used for apologetic purposes, but there is a danger in that which Dawson rightly senses as undermining the very study of history, which would ultimately make it useless for any true apologetic. Edited July 16, 2007 by Justified Saint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laudate_Dominum Posted July 16, 2007 Share Posted July 16, 2007 [quote name='Justified Saint' post='1330382' date='Jul 15 2007, 11:42 PM']For those who voted A: From the eminent Catholic historian Christopher Dawson: "There has certainly been a tendency among Catholic writers to make history a department of apologetics and to idealise medieval culture in order to exalt their religious ideals." History can surely be used for apologetic purposes, but there is a danger in that which Dawson rightly senses as undermining the very study of history, which would ultimately make it useless for any true apologetic.[/quote] I don't really like any of the options so I just picked the "Pretend that I have studied" one. There are lots of reasons why I study different aspects of history at different times and I can't think of one reason that applies to all apart from some extreme generalization. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justified Saint Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 And that seems rather appropriate since, unless you are an adherent of one Hegelianism or another, history is the study of the multiform and the particular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laudate_Dominum Posted July 18, 2007 Share Posted July 18, 2007 [quote name='Justified Saint' post='1332648' date='Jul 17 2007, 01:35 PM']And that seems rather appropriate since, unless you are an adherent of one Hegelianism or another, history is the study of the multiform and the particular.[/quote] If there was a "have a cigar" smiley I'd be posting it right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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