“All history is present history”

“All history is present history” August 19, 2015

 

 

From King's Bridge, Cambridge
Clare College, Cambridge, where Paul Cartledge taught ancient Greek history until he retired in 2014
(Click to enlarge.)

 

“All history is present history in the sense that the concerns of the present are bound somehow to affect the way history is studied and written. All history is also personal, since it is impossible to avoid the influence of one’s own opinions and prejudices on the selection and emphasis of one’s historical material.”

Paul Cartledge

 

 


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