Judging the past

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By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves.

William Hazlitt

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Topic

Learning from the past Judging the past The past

Author

William Hazlitt

Source

On Reading New Books

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1827 1820s 19th century

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Original Citation

Hazlitt, William. "On Reading New Books." Monthly Magazine, July 1827.

Current Citation

Hazlitt, William. "On Reading New Books." The Selected Writings of William Hazlitt. Vol. 9, Routledge, 2020.

Naturally, every age thinks that all ages before it were prejudiced, and today we think this more than ever and are just as wrong as all previous ages that thought so.

Carl Jung

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Topic

Judging the past Past and present

Author

Carl Jung

Source

Synchronizität Als Ein Prinzip Akausaler Zusammenhänge [Synchronicity: An Acausal Connecting Principle]

Genre

Psychological literature

Language

German

Time

1952 1950s 20th century

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Citation

Jung, Carl. Synchronizität Als Ein Prinzip Akausaler Zusammenhänge [Synchronicity: An Acausal Connecting Principle]. Princeton University Press, 1960.

Every intellectual product must be judged from the point of view of the age and the people in which it was produced.

Walter Pater

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Topic

Judging the past Intellectual history

Author

Walter Pater

Genre

Historical literature

Language

English

Time

1873 1870s 19th century

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Original Citation

Pater, Walter. "Pico Della Mirandola." Studies in the History of the Renaissance. London: Macmillan and Co., 1873.

Current Citation

Pater, Walter. "Pico Della Mirandola." Studies in the History of the Renaissance. Oxford University Press, 2010.