The importance of history 22 Articles

by David O'Donnell

History is probably the most important discipline that human beings can study. The reason for this is because that without an adequate understanding of history we are doomed to repeat the past without ever growing in eithe...read more

by Delsia Hartford

As the old saying goes "those who don't follow history are doomed to repeat it themselves," and we are a society with less and less respect for history. People are more concerned with the here and now. Often there is a bla...read more

by James Love

Many people don't realize the true importance of studying the past. They think that looking into the past is a stupid and useless endeavour and that the future isn't worth thinking about until it becomes the present. Thi...read more

by Ben Hughes

History is one of the most important teachers the world can ever know, because even if we are only passively involved in it, it's something we can't help but shape and influence. By its definition, history is something ...read more

by Kay Lobegeiger

I have always believed that to have a future we must have a past. The past is history and to look at it logically is to assume we would have learned by our mistakes. This does not seem to be the case in many instances....read more

by S.M. Ross

When you mention history, whether the person is eight or eighty, most people cringe at the very thought of the subject. History for years was taught incorrectly. Dates and people, while important, are far from the true stu...read more

by Kirko

The importance of history should never be underestimated. Almost every subject and field of study is linked to history. From the various sciences, to the cultural aspects, arts, food, politics and religion, history has a f...read more

by Daniel Kliewer

History is nothing more than an exertion of power. No history is objective. Each is written with inherent biases and motives. Through studying several versions of the same history you can learn a lot about a given cultu...read more

by Darren Trim

My favorite aspect of world history is art and literature. It tells so much about a society. Art equals communication. People articulate their thoughts and opinions in their art work rather it is paintings, sculptures, nov...read more

by Tim Good

As a youth, I was taught that we learn history to avoid the mistakes of the past. Yet we continually blind ourselves by assuming that we are smarter than our precedents and wouldn't make the same mistakes as they in their ...read more

by Peabody Snickersbee

Can we handle the truth? Perhaps the reason why so few people wish to study history nowadays is that they instinctively feel that it is impossible to know the truth. Many who do like history enjoy it more as a romance n...read more

by Opal Elaine Moyer

The definition of history is "the study of the past". Many students don't believe that history is an important part of their studies. This, however, is untrue. The study of the history is a remembrance of people an...read more

by Stephen Hennel

The importance of history lies outside of the usual benefits and explanations held as the popular ideology. History is certainly valuable in that it allows those of the present to connect with, and learn from, people of t...read more

by Fuhnwi Mbiougsi Valery

History is important.Here is what happened on Thursday - July 12th... It is day 193 of the year 2007, and there are 172 days left... Famous People Born On This Day In History... 1817, Henry David T...read more

by Dave Franklin

I will start by saying that this article was sparked by an article in this months History Today. I tell you that so as not to be accussed of plagarism, as the start of the article is the same argument put forward by Alan E...read more

by Roderic Williams

History really serves no purpose except to ensure that we don't forget our heritage. History never really repeats itself, there's always a handful of people each generation that are power hungry, that's just how it is. The...read more

by Fuhnwi Mbiougsi

"Today in history" . Here is what happened on Saturday - July 14th... It is day 195 of the year 2007, and there are 170 days left... Famous People Born On This Day In History... 1912, Woodie Guthri...read more

by Arthur Gibson

To truly understand where we are going as a civilization, a race, or a country; one must understand where we came from. The only was to do that is to explore the past and to understand what caused our ancestors to take th...read more

by Rixta Francis

History explains who we are, why we live where we live and how we live. Almost everything in our lives can be explained by history. Nowadays many people think that history is in the past and we should look to the future. B...read more

by Barry Williams

We cannot measure progress unless we have a starting point . History records the events during the passage of time from that starting point to what end date we choose and beyond , eternal. Without a knowledge of History ...read more