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Quotes About Unhistorical

The study of the past with one eye upon the present is the source of all sins and sophistries in history. It is the essence of what we mean by the word "unhistorical."
~ Herbert Butterfield
To be "unhistorical" is the Promethean sin, and in this sense the modern man is sinful. A higher level of consciousness is like a burden of guilt!
~ C.G. Jung
The study of the past with one eye upon the present is the source of all sins and sophistries in history. It is the essence of what we mean by the word "unhistorical".
~ Herbert Butterfield
I detest self-regard. If my work has taught me anything, it is that self-aggrandisement is completely unhistorical.
~ Peter Ackroyd