In other words, you, I and all of us, we are our history. The role of history should thus not be restricted to cultural philosophy, but should be given an ontological position in its role of making up the picture of the nature of human being!
This view has, of course, also implications for philosophical anthropology where man is viewed in a collective sense, but I will leave that for another day. — Daniel C
My question arises at this point. Is this view of the position of history in a person's life not a view which is in complete denial of the true position of history in everbody's life?
My thesis in this regard is the following: as I am living from moment to moment, everything I am doing and which is happening to me in this sweeping process called life is, while it is going over from the present to the past, forming me, giving shape to my life, from birth to death. These sweeping / shaping "forces" are my history and I can never ever be separated from them in the sense of: on the one hand, here am I, and, on the other hand, there are they. These "forces" are integral to who I am - they "integrate" me to be who I am. Therefrore, it can never be justified to state that someone "has" a history. Much nearer to the truth will be to state that someone is what he/she has become in his/her history. — Daniel C
These sweeping / shaping "forces" are my history and I can never ever be separated from them in the sense of: on the one hand, here am I, and, on the other hand, there are they. These "forces" are integral to who I am - they "integrate" me to be who I am. Therefrore, it can never be justified to state that someone "has" a history. Much nearer to the truth will be to state that someone is what he/she has become in his/her history. In other words, you, I and all of us, we are our history. The role of history should thus not be restricted to cultural philosophy, but should be given an ontological position in its role of making up the picture of the nature of human being! — Daniel C
One aspect of human being which is often neglected philosophically is its relationship to history. — Daniel C
[ ... ] it can never be justified to state that someone "has" a history. Much nearer to the truth will be to state that someone is what he/she has become in his/her history. In other words, you, I and all of us, we are our history. The role of history should thus not be restricted to cultural philosophy, but should be given an ontological position in its role of making up the picture of the nature of human being! — DanielC
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