Voice recognitions in history
History is full of people reporting what other people have said and done. To capture historical truth is to recover the voice of all those who wished to speak to us, the consumers and readers of history. It is also to recognise authentic voices and distinguish them from less genuine ones.
For the ancients, the best kind of history one could write was som…
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