I would see history as not only letting us understand where we come from and who we are; that is questions set in the past or present tense. I would also like history to be a guide to the way we should move into the future as individuals and collectively.
I don't think that we will be able to find a science of history. I do not believe that there is an undiscovered theory of history somewhere "out there" but in a wider, yet more tentative sense, a deep sense of historic origins can help us form a way forward.
Indeed without a historic sense we are helpless as well as rootlesss in forming our plans.
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