History had its own way of explaining things. The way historians explain things is by telling a story.
History had its own way of explaining things. The way historians explain things is by telling a story. - Donald Kagan
- Donald Kagan
From the time I was a little boy I found myself reading history when I had a choice. I read a lot of things, but history had a special appeal for me. - Donald Kagan
From the time I was a little boy I found myself reading history when I had a choice. I read a lot of things, but history had a special appeal for me.
We, to some degree, are like what we are because we inherited certain things from the Greeks and the Romans. One of them that's so striking is the wh… - Donald Kagan
We, to some degree, are like what we are because we inherited certain things from the Greeks and the Romans. One of them that's so striking is the wh…
War has been more common than peace, and extended periods of peace have been rare in a world divided into multiple states - Donald Kagan
War has been more common than peace, and extended periods of peace have been rare in a world divided into multiple states
In Our Underachieving Colleges, [Derek] Bok acts as both diagnostician and healer, wielding social-science statistics and professional studies to tra… - Donald Kagan
In Our Underachieving Colleges, [Derek] Bok acts as both diagnostician and healer, wielding social-science statistics and professional studies to tra…
All comparisons between America's current place in the world and anything legitimately called an empire in the past reveal ignorance and confusion ab… - Donald Kagan
All comparisons between America's current place in the world and anything legitimately called an empire in the past reveal ignorance and confusion ab…
You have to liberate yourself first from the prejudices of the world in which you live. - Donald Kagan
You have to liberate yourself first from the prejudices of the world in which you live.
Without history we are the prisoners of the accident of where and when we were born. - Donald Kagan
Without history we are the prisoners of the accident of where and when we were born.
Throughout the human experience people have read history because they felt that it was a pleasure and that it was in some way instructive. The profes… - Donald Kagan
Throughout the human experience people have read history because they felt that it was a pleasure and that it was in some way instructive. The profes…
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