Do people really learn from history?
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The only thing we have learned from history is that "we never learn from history"
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We learn about our past to know who we are, Where do we come from and Why we are the way we are. The knowledge of the past lets us know the roots of our civilisation, the basic principles that guide our lives. The knowledge of past makes us aware of the mistakes our ancestors did and gives us an opportunity to avoid doing the same again. In order to plan ahead one must have the knowledge of the past, one must know what forms the basis of great progress, how great deeds were done, who did them and why did they do so. History makes us remember the sacrifices made by those who are no longer with us, it makes us appreciate the value of life and freedom. The knowledge of the past is like a guide, it helps us to rationalise things, judge between good and bad and to a certain extent it forms the basis of our faith and relegion.\n\nGeorge Santayana, the famous Spanish Historian once said about History :" Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.", to highlight the callousness of early 20th century governments about lessons from the past, Friedrich Hegel, a famous German Historian once said "What history and experience teach us is this: that people and government never have learned anything from history or acted on principles deduced from it."
920191
I think that history plays a major role in our lives. How would we know anything or be able to do anthing without knowing what happened in the past first?
749263
No.  For 6,000 years of recorded history (note:  I said recorded history) man has managed to get thru life.  I think he will continue to do so.
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Please teach! Education is history, in all areas of the curricula, history plays an important role. I hope you enjoy working with children.
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“Those that fail to learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.” \n Winston Churchill quotes\n\nbut, i think\n\n “Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it” \n George Santayana said that first\n (1863-1952)
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good question and reason we (older americans) are buying old history books for our grandkids....\n\nIMHO, because the "Politically Correct" is been taken to the extreme!  Instructors/writers want to re-write history - instead of remembering that we should LEARN from History (or past mistakes, from the good, bad and ugly).  It is a sad commentary on today.
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Essentially we learn from our mistakes. We also finally seem to be realising that our knowledge is finite and that what we currently believe may turn out to be false, or only true under certain conditions. Very rarely are we so bold to deal with absolutes as seemed so common by historic scientific figures.\n\nLearning the history of science demonstrates the strategies and experimentation required in making progress.
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When they use them instead of their brains-ie copying word for word from them rather than finding info then putting it together to learn something- then NO!\nIf they are looking things up and absorbing all the knowledge they are finding then YES!\nSorry, no definitive answer.
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We do.\nAnd look here for history:
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Well, I like to learn about history. The best way I like to learn is to study books or watch the History Channel. The internet is also great. I have also learned a lot about history by participating in yahoo answers. They are all great ways to learn about history
997591
You are correct no matter what people say.  They obviously do not know their history.
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History is systematically collected information about the past. When used as the name of a field of study, history refers to the study and interpretation of the record of humans, families, and societies. Knowledge of history is often said to encompass both knowledge of past events and historical thinking skills
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good question, because american's don't know history and you know the phrase, the those who don't learn from the past are condemned to repeat it.
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If you don't learn about history you would never know about what happened in your counrty ... maybe in your own backyard.\n\n"We used to root for the Indians against the cavalry, because we didn't think it was fair in the history books that when the cavalry won it was a great victory, and when the Indians won it was a massacre."  ~Dick Gregory\n\nYou can get to know the lives of famous people like Alexander the Great and Cleopatra. \n\n"History is a kind of introduction to more interesting people than we can possibly meet in our restricted lives; let us not neglect the opportunity."  ~Dexter Perkins\n\nYou wouldn't know about the Egyptians creating Papyrus - where we get our modern word for Paper.  You would never learn about Kings, Queens, Mayans, Aztecs, Pyramids, Castles and Knights.\n\n"Bound as our lives are to the tyranny of time, it is through what we know of history that we are delivered from our bonds and escape - into time."  ~A.L. Rowse\n\nHistory is the one thing that we can read and see where we came from and what's been done, to understand where there is to go and what there is to do in the future.
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We the people...\n\nI think that's right... 8th grade history was a long time ago...
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Of course we do, especially if one is a CHRISTIAN, as your name implies.  Remembering important events in history will help us when we read the Bible and see foretold prophesies coming true in this time if the end.