Top 18 Quotes by David Christian

About David Christian

These are some quotes by American author David Christian Historian, who was born in 1946.

What we normally define as history doesn't interest me. It's a constraint.

What we normally define as history doesn't interest me. It's a constraint.

David Christian

I had this feeling that, somehow, we ought to be teaching not just the history of particular nations or particular regions, but the history of humanity.

I had this feeling that, somehow, we ought to be teaching not just the history of particular nations or particular regions, but the history of humanity.

David Christian

Learning to domesticate the horse was a sort of energy revolution.

Learning to domesticate the horse was a sort of energy revolution.

David Christian

Humans are remarkable: the first species in almost four billion years of life on earth that dominates the biosphere. This gives us the power, in principle, to build societies in which everyone flourishes. But it also creates great dangers because it is not clear that we really understand how to use our potentially devastating powers.

David Christian

All religions, all indigenous traditions, all origin stories provide a large map of where you are.

All religions, all indigenous traditions, all origin stories provide a large map of where you are.

David Christian

Living organisms are created by chemistry. We are huge packages of chemicals.

Living organisms are created by chemistry. We are huge packages of chemicals.

David Christian

I think what I was after was a unifying story that could bring everything together, that could give me a sense of the whole of history.

I think what I was after was a unifying story that could bring everything together, that could give me a sense of the whole of history.

David Christian

Unfortunately, historians have become so absorbed in detailed research that they have tended to neglect the job of building larger-scale maps of the past.

Unfortunately, historians have become so absorbed in detailed research that they have tended to neglect the job of building larger-scale maps of the past.

David Christian

Our goal is to see Big History become a normal part of high school curricula. I'd love to see it being taught in lots of languages. A global course.

Our goal is to see Big History become a normal part of high school curricula. I'd love to see it being taught in lots of languages. A global course.

David Christian

If historians don't tell stories at the scales of creation myths, someone else will.

If historians don't tell stories at the scales of creation myths, someone else will.

David Christian

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