What drives your passion to study history?

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What drives your passion to study history?

To think that we study history with the knowledge that we will one day be history. When you think that history is sub divided into centuries, and again sub divided into the the life span of individuals, what fuels the fires to learn their stories?

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1 week ago
Great answers, I think that each of us have our own reasons and yet they are all somewhat the same.
I really like the "Why we are, who we are" bit.

1 week ago
I agree that the world would be better is we new more about history but would we learn the same lessons?

1 week ago
No one is really dead until they are forgotten. immortality.

1 week ago
The nature of man, great beautiful, horrible, and tradgic.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: 1 week ago
Great answers, I think that each of us have our own reasons and yet they are all somewhat the same.
I really like the "Why we are, who we are" bit.