I will initiate this post by stating, “I am still in a deep meditation on the subject of this post.” My goal in this writing is to provoke some of the readers to contribute to this with different opinions and views. I consider myself an infant of knowledge in this subject and only wish to bring my point of view to the table.
What are some of the things human beings have an obsession over? On a primitive level we obsess over: matching our image to that of the surrounding populous, discovering the past events that elapsed into the future, injecting our minds with physical effects that have a representation of enjoyment, and other such similar events. Obviously, the essence of this post is the discovering of past events that elapsed into the future observance.
The average human has a pertinacious quest to discover all possible information, within reason of ability, about themselves and those with whom they closely interact. Then you see the abnormal personality, the desire to discover all there is to know about the history of a region, date, and culture, and from time to time an individual has the goal to understand the whole of history. Of course, all of history is not on record, nor do I think it ever will be. Still, human kind pushes on to discover knowledge of previous events. Forget not the other forms of history we commonly seek, most notably the history of science. As an example the CERN Large Hadron Collider an estimated 6.4 billion project. Whatever it is we are studying that involves our history and culture; we never truly give up in our search, thus making it one of the most influential and exasperating quest for knowledge.
Why do we Seek the Understanding of our History and Culture?
On August - 21 - 2008
