Full Idea
The division of history textbooks into chapters will cost us many disastrous mistakes.
Gist of Idea
Dividing history books into separate chapters is disastrous
Source
Simone Weil (Fragments [1936], p.131)
Book Reference
Weil,Simone: 'Oppression and Liberty' [Routledge 1955], p.131
A Reaction
Nice observation. The point is that we fail to grasp what really happened if we draw sharp lines across history.
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