What does make u interested in history, guys? What u find the most entertaining about history?
>>508557
"Is the alive man himself what we must found in the dust of the archives and the silence of the museums"
>>508588
Who said that?
"if you don't know history, you'll always stay as a child in front of the events"
I think Cicero said something like this
When I was little I was constantly humbled by my elders and how much they experienced and how different their life was from mine. These days I'm humbled by everyday people since every 20-something I see have spend 20 fucking years doing something different than I have, have a completely different frame of reference and experience.
History is that feeling taken to 11.
It is the key to the future
>>508611
Georges Duby.
>>508557
Why wouldn't someone be interested in the human discourse? It can reveal why "you" are the way you are, why your "family" is the way they are. Why your "culture" is the way it is. It is a helpful window into our own personal lives and the lives of other people/cultures.
I like old stuff. I like items with history and stories that go with them.
> first transatlantic cable
> piece of the Berlin wall
> piece of the infamous Hindenburg
>>508663
You have a knack for a true historian then i think. Endless fascination in people and their stories, where they came from etc was what drove me to history
>>508557
I've always preferred geography and politics but /pol/ and /int/ are shitholes, and history involves both of those things.
