Comments on: Inadequacy of our Historical Studies https://www.isegoria.net/2014/07/inadequacy-of-our-historical-studies/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Mon, 01 Jun 2026 14:48:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Scipio Americanus https://www.isegoria.net/2014/07/inadequacy-of-our-historical-studies/comment-page-1/#comment-1364770 Scipio Americanus Tue, 22 Jul 2014 20:32:48 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=35344#comment-1364770 For Europeans, a hundred miles is a long way. For Americans, a hundred years is a long time.

]]> By: Rollory https://www.isegoria.net/2014/07/inadequacy-of-our-historical-studies/comment-page-1/#comment-1363904 Rollory Tue, 22 Jul 2014 13:37:35 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=35344#comment-1363904 I remember seeing Jon Liebowitz (Stewart) talking about how progressive values have been advancing “throughout history”. He gave examples going back to the late 1800s.

I’ve pretty much come to the conclusion it doesn’t matter whether he knows what’s wrong with that argument or not.

]]> By: Bob Sykes https://www.isegoria.net/2014/07/inadequacy-of-our-historical-studies/comment-page-1/#comment-1363664 Bob Sykes Tue, 22 Jul 2014 11:53:52 +0000 http://www.isegoria.net/?p=35344#comment-1363664 Peter Turchin seems to be filling in the hole.

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