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Anything in the past that feels revolutionary, modern or comfortable should be treated as a warning sign of presentism until the evidence has been checked again.

Drawn from what Ada Palmer said

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  1. Ada Palmer

    Historian of the Renaissance and of the history of ideas

    Presentism is sometimes conscious, but often unconscious, so mindful historians will pause whenever we see something that feels revolutionary, or progressive, or proto-modern, or too comfortable, to check for other readings, and make triple sure we have real evidence.

    Where this was said

    ↗On Progress and Historical Changeexurbe.com

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