Conditions Quote by Bertrand Russell

The value of history. ..is that it teaches us what man has done and thus what man is.

— Robin G. Collingwood

History, we can confidently assert, is useful in the sense that art and music, poetry and flowers, religion and philosophy are useful. Without it…

— Henry Steele Commager

History is the necessary food of good and noble sentiments. It ought to give us at once humility and confidence in the face of…

— Vincent Massey

Since history has no properly scientific value, its only purpose is educative. And if historians neglect to educate the public, if they fail to…

— G. M. Trevelyan

History is the heritage and patrimony of mankind in its lessons of the past that give priceless inspiration for the future.

— Henry Clausen

“History is for human self-knowledge…the only clue to what man can do is what man has done. The value of history, then, is that…

— R.G. Collingwood

The value of history is, indeed, not scientific but moral: by liberalizing the mind, by deepening the sympathies, by fortifying the will, it enables…

— Carl L. Becker

History is important because it teaches us about past. And by learning about the past, ypu come to understand the present, so that you…

— Richelle Mead

A lot of people would say history is important because it helps us to predict the future. I don't think that it does particularly.…

— Lucy Worsley

The value of history is, indeed, not scientific but moral: by liberalizing the mind, by deepening the sympathies, by fortifying the will, it enables…

— Carl Becker

“What is history? What is its significance for humanity? Dr. J. H. Robinson gives us a precise answer: "Man's abject dependence on the past…

— Alfred Korzybski

“History is important because it teaches us about the past. And bylearning about the past, you come to understand the present, so that you…

— Richelle Mead