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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Nearly Sane on October 09, 2015, 01:50:41 PM

Title: The History Problem as illustrated by Catilina
Post by: Nearly Sane on October 09, 2015, 01:50:41 PM

Mad, bad and dangerous to know? Misunderstood rebel against privilege? Desperate debtor?

All of these cases could be made and more besides. As a loser he didn't get to write the history, and surely we are left with the problem that at best history here is a form of impressionism, constantly moving in view for all. Perhaps we can merely see such things through the shifting prism of what we laughable designate a consistent being, and accept that if truth were food in history, we would all starve.


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catilina