Daily Blog Day 4 – Thursday, January 27, 2011
Question: Does history progress?
History is a complicated and interesting thing we do not yet fully understand. In fact, people have many different theories about history, but that is all they are theories. One interesting question that has been brought up is whether or not history progresses. To progress, it literally means when something is advancing towards or moving forward to somewhere of a common goal. The reason this is seen as something troubling to many is because of the inability to know what exactly we are progressing towards. I believe that history does progress. In my opinion, everything is meant to happen for a reason and that we all are always working or progressing towards something. For some, it may be that grand promotion you have been waiting for. For others, it may be the end of their life, but every person is constantly working towards something whether they know it or not. For example, we do not always know that we are doing something to get something, but in the end we are. You do not know that when you suddenly start to visit your grandmother it is not only just because you miss her until one day you go to visit and she is in the hospital. To me, this is just like history. Just because we do not know what or why we are progressing towards it does not mean we are not working towards something. In general, I think everything progresses even if you think things are not. A perfect example of this is the earth is constantly revolving around the sun and progressing, but we do not feel it. All the same, we feel its effects slightly and are given a hint by how the seasons change. This is why I feel that history does progress.
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