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The Admiral · 02-04-2003, 03:36 PM

Could someone point me toward the quote which I paraphrase thusly? Those who do not learn the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them.

Tanx

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Thieving Magpie · 02-04-2003, 04:06 PM

Hegel, most likely. Check out his 'Philosophy of History.'

Tat · 02-04-2003, 04:53 PM

The quote, as I have it, is

"Those who cannot remember history are doomed to repeat it."

-George Santayana, The Life of Reason.

Gotta love Bartlett's. But check out Philosophy of History anyway.

Mageth · 02-04-2003, 04:57 PM

Philosopher George Santayana is credited with writing "Those who do not remember the past are doomed to repeat it", or its functional equivalent.

Actually, I think it's correctly "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it".

The Admiral · 02-04-2003, 05:02 PM

Magpie and Tat both

Thanks. I have been into Bartletts for an hour now and couldn't find it. And I checked Santayana. Maybe I need a new edition of Bartletts but mine isn't that old. 13th edition. I wonder though if it was original with Santayana. It seems to me that it comes from farther back than that. Oh well, excuse me while I freshen my martini.

The Admiral

Mageth · 02-04-2003, 05:05 PM

If you drink enough martinis, you won't remember the past. That'll let you drink more martinis!

Tat · 02-04-2003, 06:10 PM

Quote:

Actually, I think it's correctly "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it".

Oh bloody hell. I stand corrected.

For the record, I'm using Bartlet's 16th ed.. Perhaps looking under the author list; I don't see the quote under "history" in the subject index either (defeats the purpose of a subejct index, doesn' t it...).

Wiploc · 02-05-2003, 02:52 PM

A friend of mine tells me that the real lesson of history is that we are doomed to repeat it whether we study it or not.
crc

abe smith · 02-10-2003, 06:45 AM

...a long-hanging non-findable! Attributed to "The Church" == the Roman Catholic sect. I spent the better part of the 1990s asking & searching for a specific nunciator for this w/o success. And I have the feeling that the Vatican guys (probably excepting HH & J. Ratzinger) might prefer now to look the other way murmuring "It ain us..." 'Kay: souce for me then please?

"ERROR HAS NO RIGHTS." (wow, baybee) Gemma?

02-10-2003, 06:52 AM

hi Abe:

re: "Error has no rights" ... there shouldn't be a period at the end, but a comma.

I don't know the exact source either, but I think it goes "Error has no rights, but those in error do."

Punctuation matters sometimes

02-04-2003, 03:36 PM	#1
The Admiral Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Racine, Wi. USA Posts: 768	quote Could someone point me toward the quote which I paraphrase thusly? Those who do not learn the lessons of history are doomed to repeat them. Tanx The Marginaly Literate Admiral

02-05-2003, 02:52 PM	#8
Wiploc Contributor Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Alaska! Posts: 14,058	The True Lesson of History: A friend of mine tells me that the real lesson of history is that we are doomed to repeat it whether we study it or not. crc

02-10-2003, 06:45 AM	#9
abe smith Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: springfield, MA. USA Posts: 2,482	OH! Now I'll ask ...a long-hanging non-findable! Attributed to "The Church" == the Roman Catholic sect. I spent the better part of the 1990s asking & searching for a specific nunciator for this w/o success. And I have the feeling that the Vatican guys (probably excepting HH & J. Ratzinger) might prefer now to look the other way murmuring "It ain us..." 'Kay: souce for me then please? "ERROR HAS NO RIGHTS." (wow, baybee) Gemma?

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02-04-2003, 04:06 PM	#2
Thieving Magpie Regular Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 253	Hegel, most likely. Check out his 'Philosophy of History.'

02-04-2003, 04:53 PM	#3
Tat Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 72	The quote, as I have it, is "Those who cannot remember history are doomed to repeat it." -George Santayana, The Life of Reason. Gotta love Bartlett's. But check out Philosophy of History anyway.

02-04-2003, 04:57 PM	#4
Mageth Contributor Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Deep in the heart of mother-lovin' Texas Posts: 29,689	Philosopher George Santayana is credited with writing "Those who do not remember the past are doomed to repeat it", or its functional equivalent. Actually, I think it's correctly "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it".

02-04-2003, 05:02 PM	#5
The Admiral Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Racine, Wi. USA Posts: 768	Magpie and Tat both Thanks. I have been into Bartletts for an hour now and couldn't find it. And I checked Santayana. Maybe I need a new edition of Bartletts but mine isn't that old. 13th edition. I wonder though if it was original with Santayana. It seems to me that it comes from farther back than that. Oh well, excuse me while I freshen my martini. The Admiral

02-04-2003, 05:05 PM	#6
Mageth Contributor Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Deep in the heart of mother-lovin' Texas Posts: 29,689	If you drink enough martinis, you won't remember the past. That'll let you drink more martinis!

02-10-2003, 06:52 AM	#10
stretch Guest Posts: n/a	hi Abe: re: "Error has no rights" ... there shouldn't be a period at the end, but a comma. I don't know the exact source either, but I think it goes "Error has no rights, but those in error do." Punctuation matters sometimes

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