Those Who Cannot Remember the Past…What we get wrong about this famous philosophical warning.
From the show
Famous QuotesGeorge Santayana's famous quote is not about repeating historical wars, but about personal growth. In its original context, he argued that progress depends on "retentiveness"—the ability to learn from our own experiences. Without retaining the lessons from our own lives, we are stuck in a state of perpetual infancy, where instinct is never informed by experience. The real lesson is an individual one: are we learning from our own past to avoid repeating personal mistakes?
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