If one denounces a historical perspective then there is no baseline to
understand change. Think of yourself as a teenager and how rules maybe
weren't so important or process seemed a waste of time or (insert your
teenage thought here) and that when you became an adult you were going to do
something to correct this perceived wrong. As one matures and transitions to
an adult this rebelious nature changes (distorts) itself into something that
is different then when we hold it as a teenager. We may still want to
instill change onto our environment but the change we want to have happen as
an adult is almost always different then the change we would prefer as a
teenager. Denouncing a historical perspective provides no evidence of the
transition from teenager to adult. Hegel speaks often of transitory movement
in his essay on 'Natural Law' . This transitory phenomenon is only possible
if one can understnad the history of the change and the future of a chosen
activity. ONe dev elops fully from processing past events and predicting
future events. It is not possible to act in this insightful/plannful manner
unless there is a separate entity that provides for this operation.
Only time will tell,
Eric
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