Classics!!!! Thanks for that quote. This is the “knowledge” that was removed by John Dewey so that human beings would NOT get off the “wheel of history” like our Founders did.
The vast study of history and philosophy and laws gives one the ability to become wise that ordinary everyday experiences do not allow. This destruction of Knowledge in our schools——to insert “social” sciences and one’s own experiences and moral relativism (Dewey pragmatism).....Is FATAL.
We are reaping the years of destruction of the minds of generations of children, so they are unable to understand the world and politics and make moral decisions.
Just bought some sets of Gibbon’s classic work from a used book store to give as Christmas gifts :) .
A guy I listen to has a saying about studying history -
we don’t study history in order to avoid making the same mistakes as were made in the past,
we study history so that we recognize when today’s assclowns are making the same mistakes as yesterday’s assclowns, understand the consequences, and prepare accordingly.
To clarify, that quote was actually from Schaefer referencing Gibbons.