Somebody told me this the other day and I don't know what it meant.
2007-10-02 03:06:17 · 10 answers · asked by Ashley 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
I think you mean either "Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it" or "Those who ignore history are due to repeat it."
The phrase means "Learn from the mistakes of others and from your own mistakes." If you don't learn from your mistakes, you will repeat them over and over again.
Hope that helps!
2007-10-02 03:12:40 · answer #1 · answered by susanbamboozlin 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was Santayana who said a very nearly similar thing, as one of your answerers corrected. Here is a contemporary example to illustrate. If the Russians had studied the history of British India they would have known that the British tried to expand northwards into Afghanistan. They failed because they found the place completely fragmented, tribal and lawless (from the western legal perspective). The conclusion they drew was that the place was ungovernable and they withdrew. The Russians ignored that and tried in the 80's . You know the result. The U.S. financed and armed the Afghan warlords to expel the Russians, using Pakistan as the training base. Osama was a star trainee, and the recruiting ground for the fighters were the religious schools in Pakistan, also funded by the U.S. These recruits later became the Taliban. The Russians were kicked out. No sooner than that expulsion, the warlords began fighting among themselves for the spoils. Then the Taliban took over, having the advantage of a discipline from its religious fanaticism. That too did not last with the U.S. pursuit of Osama. Now there is a U.S.-Nato attempt to forge an Afghan nation. If they had paid attention to the failures of the British and Russian attempts they would have realized that "Afghanistan" is a western myth. There is no such political creature.
2007-10-02 03:30:48 · answer #2 · answered by Norm 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
'Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it' because they do not learn from the past or previous mistakes. Therefore, they will do the same thing over and over until hopefully they do learn. This applies to individuals, groups, and nations.
2007-10-02 03:12:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I Be in the trap is an easier way to look at it. A trap is not a trap house. A trap is her Hood. A trap house is where drugs are sold. I have no idea where some people got their answers but I can assure you that 95% of them are way off.
2016-05-19 01:06:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's simple.
If you ignore or forget those mistakes you commited one time, you'll fall in the same mistake again.
2007-10-02 03:11:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mistakes made in the past, should not be ignored, so they can be avoided in the future.
2007-10-02 03:09:28 · answer #6 · answered by Mia 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Very simply, you should learn from your and others' mistakes so that you won't repeat them.
2007-10-02 04:23:00 · answer #7 · answered by Lance 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That if you don't learn from your mistakes then you'll make the same mistakes again.
2007-10-02 03:55:35 · answer #8 · answered by Doug H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's, "Those who ignore history are DOOMED to repeat it."
2007-10-02 03:09:42 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
is it not doomed!
and it means tht if you dnt know about past mistakes you cant learn from them i think!
2007-10-02 03:13:53 · answer #10 · answered by Little Miss Giggles 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋