西班牙警句哲學家(Aphorist Philosopher) 三大雅納 (George Santayana, 1863-1952) 曾說過這麼一句話:遺忘往事者終將重蹈覆轍 ( Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.) 英國作家赫胥黎 (Aldous Huxley, 1894-1963) 接著講了一句相當諷刺的話:我們從歷史學到的最重要功課就是我們從來沒有從歷史學到什麼功課。 (The most important thing we learn from history is that we never learn from history.)