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> [Intellectuals ought to study the past not for the pleasure they find in so doing, but to derive lessons from it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cheikh-anta-diop/intellectuals-ought-to-study-the-past-not-for-the-pleasure-they-find/)

[Cheikh Anta Diop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cheikh-anta-diop/)

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## Other authors on Study Past

## More by Cheikh Anta Diop

> [Africa can and will only advance through African integration, which can be realized through the Federal United States of Africa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cheikh-anta-diop/africa-can-and-will-only-advance-through-african-integration-which/)

[Cheikh Anta Diop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cheikh-anta-diop/)

> [“…the line of ill-intentional Egyptologist, equipped with a ferocious erudition , have commited their well known crime against science, by becoming guilty of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cheikh-anta-diop/the-line-of-ill-intentional-egyptologist-equipped-with-a-ferocious/)

[Cheikh Anta Diop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cheikh-anta-diop/)

> [The generation that followed did not have the same concerns; none of its members attempted to follow the example of the past generation. There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cheikh-anta-diop/the-generation-that-followed-did-not-have-the-same-concerns-none-of/)

[Cheikh Anta Diop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cheikh-anta-diop/)

> [In practice it is possible to determine directly the skin colour and hence the ethnic affiliations of the ancient Egyptians by microscopic analysis in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cheikh-anta-diop/in-practice-it-is-possible-to-determine-directly-the-skin-colour-and/)

[Cheikh Anta Diop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cheikh-anta-diop/)

> [European languages must not be considered diamonds displayed under a glass ball, dazzling us with their brilliance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cheikh-anta-diop/european-languages-must-not-be-considered-diamonds-displayed-under-a/)

[Cheikh Anta Diop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cheikh-anta-diop/)

> [“Until now (1960, date of the first edition), the history of Black Africa has always been written with dates as dry as laundry lists,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cheikh-anta-diop/until-now-1960-date-of-the-first-edition-the-history-of-black-africa/)

[Cheikh Anta Diop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cheikh-anta-diop/)

> [Intellectuals ought to study the past not for the pleasure they find in so doing, but to derive lessons from it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cheikh-anta-diop/intellectuals-ought-to-study-the-past-not-for-the-pleasure-they-find/)

[Cheikh Anta Diop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cheikh-anta-diop/)

> [Humanity's moral conscience progresses, slowly yet surely.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cheikh-anta-diop/humanity-s-moral-conscience-progresses-slowly-yet-surely/)

[Cheikh Anta Diop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cheikh-anta-diop/)

> [Ancient Egypt was a Negro Civilization. The history of Black Africa will remain suspended in air and cannot be written correctly until African historians…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cheikh-anta-diop/ancient-egypt-was-a-negro-civilization-the-history-of-black-africa/)

[Cheikh Anta Diop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cheikh-anta-diop/)

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