The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #163884 Message #3914719
Posted By: keberoxu
02-Apr-18 - 11:54 AM
Thread Name: BS: On the cause of Famines
Subject: RE: BS: On the cause of Famines
"Self-Appointed Experts."
Well, no wonder there is animosity in a consideration of history,
if there is arrogance at play.
In fact a consideration of history ought to be humbling,
and there is a list too long for somebody as lazy as me
of justifications for humility when facing history.
Is it possible to consider history
as the best of schoolteachers do before young, maturing students:
as a subject of study that is never finished, even if the events
are many thousands of years in the past?
And to consider not only what is correct and accurate,
but what is possible --
so as not to impose limitations on critical thinking,
but to open both mind and heart?