• Re: What is history?

    From Steve Hayes@1:229/2 to simo.runnel@gmail.com on Monday, September 04, 2017 05:31:41
    From: hayesstw@telkomsa.net

    On Sun, 3 Sep 2017 02:27:10 -0700 (PDT), simo.runnel@gmail.com wrote:

    Is history only the past or is it all times?
    I think, that it is all times, but mainly the past.

    History is only in the past.

    The present is a moving target -- the moment you think about something
    that is happening it is already past. And thinking about future events
    is not history but prediction.


    --
    Steve Hayes
    http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm
    http://khanya.wordpress.com

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  • From simo.runnel@gmail.com@1:229/2 to All on Sunday, September 03, 2017 02:27:10
    Is history only the past or is it all times?
    I think, that it is all times, but mainly the past.

    I wrote in this group about in 2003. Now my English is not much better, but I have thought more about history. I am sad, that now is here less writers.

    Simo Runnel,
    Estonia

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  • From simo.runnel@gmail.com@1:229/2 to All on Sunday, September 03, 2017 23:59:44
    esmaspäev, 4. september 2017 6:31.46 UTC+3 kirjutas Steve Hayes:
    On Sun, 3 Sep 2017 02:27:10 -0700 (PDT), simo.runnel@gmail.com wrote:

    Is history only the past or is it all times?
    I think, that it is all times, but mainly the past.

    History is only in the past.

    The present is a moving target -- the moment you think about something
    that is happening it is already past. And thinking about future events
    is not history but prediction.


    There may be small differences in different languages. In Estonian language 'history' is 'ajalugu'. It consists of two words - 'aja', which means 'time's',
    and 'lugu', which means 'story'. One dictionary about Estonian language says, that 'ajalugu' is
    the process of society's and nature's development or the science about it. German-Estonian dictionary says, that German word 'Geschichte' can mean 'history', but also 'story'. Some history books end with predictions.

    Simo Runnel,
    Estonia


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    Steve Hayes
    http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm
    http://khanya.wordpress.com

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