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6252883 No.6252883 [Reply] [Original]

Do you think that thorough studies of history are the only way to become a truly educated, erudite person?

I mean, just look at the span of things history as a discipline can cover

>political history
>social history
>history of philosophy
>history of science
>art history
>history of literature
>history of economy
>history of culture
>history of religion
>history of linguistics
>alltaggeschichte (history of everyday life)
>military history
>history of music
etc, list can go on and on

To even gain access to any of these fields the one must first become thoroughly familiar with their content and must memorize a gigantic amount of information about huge variety of things.

Probably the most perfect way to "know everything".

>> No.6252889

Yes. If you don't have a broad understanding of the general multitude of things that have happened since we evolved from early hominids, you're not really understanding everything as best you could.

>> No.6252890

Yes, I mean, ''History'' is history of things.
In order to fully understand something, it's useful to understand its own history.

>> No.6252891

>>6252883

Oh yeah, totally. So you can know everything that happened but know nothing about actually doing what other, better people did.
Take history of music for example.
Studying that shit doesn't make you learn all of music theory. It doesn't make you proficient in an instrument. It doesn't make you a composer. It just means you know what better people have done and you're a fucking leech.

>> No.6252902

>>6252891
Who says you can't learn about music theory, or practice instruments in order to understand your subject better?

It's not all just about sitting, reading and writing.

>> No.6252910

That sounds like hell. As soon as you embrace being a nerd with open arms you've basically lost hope at actually knowing anything.

>> No.6252916

>>6252902

That is the study of music, not the study of history.
Also, memorizing historical facts =/= any level of critical thinking, you know. You'd be able to recite facts but any time anyone would throw something odd at you, you'd fail.

The study of history is only worthwhile when partnered with a more pragmatic study.

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6252919

>>6252910
But being a nerd can be fun