We face the future fortified with the lessons we have learned from the past. It is today that we must create the world of the future. Spinoza, I think, pointed out that we ourselves can make experience valuable when, by imagination and reason, we turn it into foresight.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- We should use past lessons to build a better future using reason.
- In plain terms
- Learn from the past to fix the future.
- What can you take from it?
- Use history to guide future choices.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What lessons from my past can I apply today?
Another view
History does not always repeat in predictable ways.
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