John Lukacs on Historical Knowledge

Check of this excellent essay by John Lukacs in the latest issue of The American Scholar. He offers an eloquent argument for placing history at the center of human knowledge. That can be a pretty controversial idea in an age when humanistic learning of all types seems to get short shrift, but his view does provoke thought. If nothing else, he reminds me of the grander and broader reasons why for studying the past. Good stuff.