Abraham Pais Quote

History is highly subjective, however, since it is created after the fact, and after the date, by the inevitable process of the selection of events deemed relevant by one observer or another. Thus there are as many (overlapping) histories as there are historians.


Inward Bound, Chapter I (p. 3)


History is highly subjective, however, since it is created after the fact, and after the date, by the inevitable process of the selection of events...

History is highly subjective, however, since it is created after the fact, and after the date, by the inevitable process of the selection of events...

History is highly subjective, however, since it is created after the fact, and after the date, by the inevitable process of the selection of events...

History is highly subjective, however, since it is created after the fact, and after the date, by the inevitable process of the selection of events...