Originally Posted by
seamonster
The commonly used expression, "Those who ignore history are bound (or doomed) to repeat it" is actually a mis-quotation of the original text written by George Santayana, who, in his Reason in Common Sense, The Life of Reason, Vol.1, wrote "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." Rooted in the philosophies of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle and many others to follow, his biography (1863-1952)
Unfortunately, those who
do remember the past may go ahead and repeat it anyway, because they think they are smarter than the last bunch and so it will be different this time.
