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History and were doomed to repeat it

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History and were doomed to repeat it
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RE: History and were doomed to repeat it
April 7, 2017 at 11:35 am
(April 7, 2017 at 11:16 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: I took history classes for fourteen years when I was at Purdue.* They never mentioned history being cyclic.




*Retired and taking the classes I wanted to take. Got a MA in History in '04.

Cyclic means repeating on a predictable schedule.

History does not do so on predictable schedules. It only repeats at those times when you would feel the most worthlessly stupid for having forgotten it can repeat.
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History and were doomed to repeat it - by dyresand - April 7, 2017 at 10:05 am
RE: History and were doomed to repeat it - by Isis - April 7, 2017 at 10:35 am
RE: History and were doomed to repeat it - by dyresand - April 7, 2017 at 11:09 am
RE: History and were doomed to repeat it - by Anomalocaris - April 7, 2017 at 11:35 am
RE: History and were doomed to repeat it - by Minimalist - April 7, 2017 at 11:39 am
RE: History and were doomed to repeat it - by dyresand - April 7, 2017 at 12:02 pm
RE: History and were doomed to repeat it - by dyresand - April 7, 2017 at 9:16 pm

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