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On History
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On History
Herodot · İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları · 440 BCE
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The first major work of history by Herodotus, considered the “father of history,” which focuses on the Greco-Persian Wars and recounts the traditions, myths, and political ambitions of the entire known world of that era. It stands as proof that humanity’s thirst for power and its arrogance have remained unchanged for centuries.
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“The ruin of an arrogant power comes from its own greatness.”
“At the peak of happiness, a person is ready to make their greatest mistake.”
“The gods punish, sooner or later, everyone who oversteps their bounds.”
“No one can be counted truly happy until they are dead.”
“Great events always begin as the result of small vanities.”
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Herodotus does not merely recount wars; he exposes the arrogant, greedy human nature behind those bloody conflicts. The clash between the East’s immense power and the West’s cunning conception of freedom is, in reality, a clash of the ambitions within humanity itself. Cevvela says that without knowledge of the past, that gem will never shine. The author shows us that the immense arrogance of kings will ultimately bring about divine retribution. You come to realize that today’s heads of state or leaders are no different from those greedy kings of thousands of years ago. Human nature is a fool that has been repeating the same tragedy for centuries in the face of history.