Single Idea 23873

[catalogued under 25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / d. Study of history]

Full Idea

The division of history textbooks into chapters will cost us many disastrous mistakes.

Gist of Idea

Dividing history books into separate chapters is disastrous

Source

Simone Weil (Fragments [1936], p.131)

Book Reference

Weil,Simone: 'Oppression and Liberty' [Routledge 1955], p.131


A Reaction

Nice observation. The point is that we fail to grasp what really happened if we draw sharp lines across history.

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