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  2. Historical significance - Wikipedia

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    A key concept for the study of history and public life in most societies regardless of topic, historical significance makes judgements about what is important to be remembered about the past and why, through its reflections on historical aspects to contemporary culture and society [14] including historical reputations, events, issues, [15] monuments, [16] and what is chosen to be emphasized in ...

  3. On the Advantage and Disadvantage of History for Life

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    However, he approaches the subject from different angles. Thus, when he deals with the possibilities of historical science, he addresses the topics of philosophy of history and philosophy of science. On the other hand, by relating history to (human) life, he also engages in a kind of anthropology. The text is written within the framework of ...

  4. Historical figure - Wikipedia

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    The German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche wrote an influential essay "On the Uses and Disadvantages of History for Life". He said "the unhistorical and historical are necessary in equal measure for the health of an individual, of a people and of a culture." [42] Nietzsche identifies three approaches to history, each with dangers.

  5. A 1924 newspaper predicted what life would be like today ...

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    Granted there aren’t many of those super-tall skyscrapers today, but more than 20 buildings around the world meet or exceed that height. Home movies – “There is going to be a movie in every ...

  6. Human history - Wikipedia

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    Human history or world history is the record of humankind from prehistory to the present. Modern humans evolved in Africa around 300,000 years ago and initially lived as hunter-gatherers . They migrated out of Africa during the Last Ice Age and had spread across Earth's continental land except Antarctica by the end of the Ice Age 12,000 years ago.

  7. Meaning of life - Wikipedia

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    The first English use of the expression "meaning of life" appears in Thomas Carlyle's Sartor Resartus (1833–1834), book II chapter IX, "The Everlasting Yea". [1]Our Life is compassed round with Necessity; yet is the meaning of Life itself no other than Freedom, than Voluntary Force: thus have we a warfare; in the beginning, especially, a hard-fought battle.

  8. 'Society of the Snow' narrator: Why it's significant this ...

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    He told survivor Daniel Fernández he thought, after he expedition, "we will never be able to leave this place." Society of the Snow (Netflix) Turcatti seemed to think of his death as a sacrifice.

  9. Erasmus - Wikipedia

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    Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (/ ˌ d ɛ z ɪ ˈ d ɪər i ə s ɪ ˈ r æ z m ə s / DEZ-i-DEER-ee-əs irr-AZ-məs; Dutch: [ˌdeːziˈdeːrijʏs eːˈrɑsmʏs]; 28 October c. 1466 – 12 July 1536), commonly known in English as Erasmus of Rotterdam or simply Erasmus, was a Dutch Christian humanist, Catholic priest and theologian, educationalist, satirist, and philosopher.