Vergangenheit und Zukünfte | Gedankenmix #1

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«Science fiction writers construct an imaginary future; historians attempt to reconstruct the past. Ultimately, both are seeking to understand the present.»

aus Naomie Oreskes und Eric Conways The Collapse of the Western Civilization (2014)

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The present is the past rolled up for action and the past is the present unrolled for understanding.»

aus Will & Ariel Durants The Lessons of History (1968)

A constructed imaginary future is the present rolled up for understanding and the present is the future unrolled for action.


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