Livy, a noted historian of ancient Rome once stated that: ”…history is the medicine of the mind…” With this in mind, choose a singular lesson from your study in this course of Western Civilization I, that you feel, we as Americans of the 21st century may benefit from. Your choice may be personal leadership, an economic, political or social event.
History truly is the medicine of the mind. It helps us study the past events and thus learn from it preventing us from making the same mistakes as we did as a civilization previously.
As Americans of the 21st century a singular lesson that we can benefit most from is Hitler's rise to power in Germany. It shows us how during great economic depression and times of instability a dictator like hitler rose to power and how under the name of national security and progress the whole of Germany intentionally or unintentionally agreed for killings and massacre of millions of Jews. Also this teaches us how to safeguard ourselves from the clutches of such dictatorship and mass injustice.
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