Innovation in thought requires fidelity to history; only by ... - Quentin Skinner

"Innovation in thought requires fidelity to history; only by understanding the past can we escape its tyranny."

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Historian Philosopher British Born 1940 (age 86)

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"The past is not dead; it is not even past."

"Ideas have consequences, and the historian's task is to trace them."

"We must understand the languages in which the past speaks to us."

"The study of history is the study of human possibility."

"Change brings new opportunities."

"Every day is a new opportunity."

"Healing doesn't mean forgetting."

"You either get better or you get bitter."