Herodotus, born in Halicarnassus, was a Greek historian and geographer who lived between 484 and 425 a. C. and is considered like the father of History in the western world.
The “Histories“ is considered one of the basic works of history in Western literature. It stands out because it is one of the first accounts of the events and causes of the wars between Greek cities and the Persian Empire, and although as a Greek, he was not impartial, he was clear about the differences between civilization and barbarism:ó i barbàrie:
“The dividing line between barbarism and civilization is never a geographical boundary between different countries, but a moral boundary within each people, moreover, within each individual.”
His political and human thought: freedom versus submission is essentially the distinguishing feature between Greeks and barbarians.
“It’s easier to entangle many together than one.”
“If you start with certainties you will end with doubts, but if you settle for starting with doubts you will end up with certainties despite missing the words.”
“Of all the miseries of man, the most bitter is this: knowing so much and not having mastery of anything.”
“The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.”
“Haste in every business brings failure.”
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