The events that make up the bruta facta of the past do not contain in themselves the type of narrative order and explanations of causality that is essential in a work of history. That is, historical events do not come with tags explaining how they relate to other historicalevents. No, it is the task of the historian to string these together, thereby creating a plot (this action is called emplotment); and this plot is, as it were, in the historian’s head, not in the facts themselves.
-Can’t remember where I read this, but its a good one. Credit to the author, discredit to my poor memory.
Running Thoughts #33
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