tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post5136718965981238370..comments2024-03-28T20:04:20.286-07:00Comments on One Cʘsmos: The Dregs of the ArkiveGagdad Bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14249005793605006679noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-10444603616118710752008-02-12T00:27:00.000-08:002008-02-12T00:27:00.000-08:00Hmm. I have long held the opinion that those who f...Hmm. I have long held the opinion that those who fail to learn from history, should major in something else, and certainly not teach it. But what if they don't know? That seems to be the main problem.Magnus Itlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18445902788427523461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-33249798311579487552008-02-11T20:58:00.000-08:002008-02-11T20:58:00.000-08:00If these could be drilled into everyone either stu...If these could be drilled into everyone either studying history, or who is being told there is no history, <BR/><I><BR/>Metahistory: “Every historian has his metahistory... the best ones know it.” </I><BR/><BR/>and,<BR/><I><BR/>“No historian need be taken seriously who claims that his only interest is the past itself... to dismiss a philosophy of history is a philosophy of history, if a paltry and inadvertent one.” <BR/></I>(really like that one)<BR/><BR/>and<BR/><I><BR/>If every historical statement contains a statement about history itself, and if metaphysics is inescapable, the only matter at issue is whose metaphysics. <BR/></I><BR/><BR/>it would be an accomplishment of historic proportions.Van Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08470413719262297062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-79484884625559636872008-02-11T20:53:00.000-08:002008-02-11T20:53:00.000-08:00reading these tea leaves,it's no surprise to find ...reading these tea leaves,<BR/>it's no surprise to find they're<BR/>laced with gold nuggetsjuliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15975754287030568726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-40672116534493257812008-02-11T17:56:00.000-08:002008-02-11T17:56:00.000-08:00Ah, the humanity of dregs... it is like seeing tho...Ah, the humanity of dregs... it is like seeing thoughts before they get their morning coffee.Magnus Itlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18445902788427523461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-22794429597421537562008-02-11T10:35:00.000-08:002008-02-11T10:35:00.000-08:00"God makes use of a barbarous semitic tribe -- not..."God makes use of a barbarous semitic tribe -- not determined by merit or logic, but there you are. The odd thing is that the Jews thought they were carrying God down and forward into time, and they achieved it! Tide of history washed all else away, but left the Torah standing."<BR/><BR/>There's another narrative thread in the clash of Islam, Christianity and Judaism from the sixth or seventh century forward. Reading Runciman's History of the Crusades, I'm continually struck by how many of those stories would write beautifully with the metahistory of God's hand with the people of the new covenent, the original covenant and the children of submissive obedience.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580258.post-89905517314688059322008-02-11T09:38:00.000-08:002008-02-11T09:38:00.000-08:00That was interesting — worth posting and worth rea...That was interesting — worth posting and worth reading, for it shows the kinds of freeform notes and jottings that later became the coherent (yes, Bob, they always were coherent!) posts we all came to expect. And since it’s all new to me, it’s all worth reading.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com