In an online discussion post, Alcorn State University history professor Dr. Jason Gibson posed a question that represented part of his students’ midterm. It was about the…

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    4 hours ago

    Often, people who say that philosophy and the study of history are useless endeavours are hoping for the resurrection of some historical philosophy or another and they don’t want people to find out how and why it failed.

    Are you one of those people?

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      That’s strange logic. I just want people to analyze the current situation with modern tools, not referring to some ancient legends.