Review: The Lessons of History

The Lessons of History The Lessons of History by Will Durant
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Insightful and concise. The point that stood out for me was that history is so rich of examples that you can make a case for any narrative you want to construct and you will have some past event to justify the argument. What is needed then is to look at the progressive flow, the repitetive patterns(the rise and fall of civilisations) and take a lesson from it.

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