tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699772873889750632.post4081816677980234776..comments2023-09-13T05:52:34.223-04:00Comments on Costo: Celebrations?potsochttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09497735324298117643noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699772873889750632.post-78558036900744744572009-06-23T09:43:30.890-04:002009-06-23T09:43:30.890-04:00Truth is one philosophical concept that has always...Truth is one philosophical concept that has always puzzled me. But I won't get into that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699772873889750632.post-36637135728085106772009-06-09T18:49:22.604-04:002009-06-09T18:49:22.604-04:00Therein lies the danger. If you can not sort out ...Therein lies the danger. If you can not sort out truth from fiction you are in big trouble.potsochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09497735324298117643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699772873889750632.post-68105905587800224352009-06-09T17:33:56.424-04:002009-06-09T17:33:56.424-04:00It is more or less ascertained nowadays that histo...It is more or less ascertained nowadays that history and philosophy are just literature.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699772873889750632.post-44831555309800285902009-06-08T15:17:21.164-04:002009-06-08T15:17:21.164-04:00Yes man of Roma, your observation is right to the ...Yes man of Roma, your observation is right to the point. I remeber a retired Hungarian teacher who once told me: "As a student, in Hungary, I learned two hungarian historis, as a teacher before leaving Hungary I taught two other ones. I now know four histories of Hungary, but none is real."<br />Much history is just stories and legends nurtured by the powers that be.potsochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09497735324298117643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699772873889750632.post-7048256334155043712009-06-08T14:08:47.384-04:002009-06-08T14:08:47.384-04:00Yes, whenever one wins somebody else loses. Compas...Yes, whenever one wins somebody else loses. Compassion should be the word, but we are often self-centred. <br />As for historians, they are biased, but some are less than others and try to be balanced (or 'factual', as Rosaria said.) The thing is human sciences cannot be exact as natural sciences. When man studies himself things get complicated, even when one tries hard to be objective and 'scientific'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699772873889750632.post-2868220921539760812009-06-08T12:00:06.808-04:002009-06-08T12:00:06.808-04:00"Historians get to do a «factual» check"..."Historians get to do a «factual» check"??? Well I'm not so sure. Two historians starting from the same fact will draw different connections and interpretations. What is holy today will be anathema tomorrow.<br />I still vividly remember a conversation I had back in the 70s at Nag's Head, NC, with a student working on a campground down there. At one point I told him:"Donald, listening to you I have the impression that the Secession War is not over". He shot back:"You'r dang right, it isn't". So much for history.potsochttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09497735324298117643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7699772873889750632.post-79368676482191218582009-06-08T11:08:51.228-04:002009-06-08T11:08:51.228-04:00I guess with age, we become more understanding of ...I guess with age, we become more understanding of differing points of view. In all things, though, we make up our own narratives. In the same family, we all remember events differently. The historians get to do a "factual" check and write a compendium for all to accept. <br /><br />So, answering your question, it is necessary to celebrate victories or events to immortalize their significance once and for all. In the states, the Vietnam conflict was such a mire of information, that it was years before we could agree on its significance.Rosaria Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133147851332084180noreply@blogger.com