Geoffrey Elton Professions : Historian Born : August 17, 1921 Died : December 3, 1994 Browse All Authors Top 5 quotes by Geoffrey Elton Since historical reconstruction is a rational process, only justified and indeed possible if it involves the human reason, what we call history is the mess we call life reduced to some order. pattern and possibly purpose. Geoffrey Elton historical order history When I meet a historian who cannot think that there have been great men, great men moreover in politics, I feel myself in the presence of a bad historian, and there are times when I incline to judge all historians by their opinion of Winston Churchill -- whether they can see that, no matter how much better the details, often damaging, of man and career become known, he still remains quite simply, a great man. Geoffrey Elton careers men thinking History will help to remedy intellectual faults such as excessive concentration on one line of thought, absence of understanding for other points of view, belief in simple solutions, lack of balance of mind, absence of an imaginative understanding. Geoffrey Elton understanding simple views If historians are not skeptical, they are nothing. Geoffrey Elton historian skeptical ifs The future is dark, the present burdensome. Only the past, dead and buried, bears contemplation. Geoffrey Elton dark history past Similar Authors Abram L. Sachar historian Bryan Ward-Perkins historian Bruce Catton historian Bruce Bartlett historian Brian Crozier historian Allan Nevins historian All Authors
