History Notes

• The first concept of history is that of history being linear.
• The second concept of history is cyclic history. Think of Buddhist reincarnation.
• In linear history, the first event is birth, and the last is death. In cyclical history, you could not tell which one comes first. Also, take for example the seasons. One cannot tell which one comes first, it is a cycle.
• Hegel did not think of either cyclic nor linear history-http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0Ac_ADRi5NNLsZGNmMjN6ZmdfODZjMmc5dnhkNg&hl=en . Hegelian theory of history- Thesis+Antithesis=Synthesis. See completion of google doc below.

• Part II Event 3- John has to go the hospital.
• Part III Event 1- John has a cast. Event 2- The kids make fun of John. Event 3- John feels bad for chasing the kids in the first place and apologizes.
• The fourth theory of history is called The Vortex Theory of history. It gets big, and then small.
• William Butler Yeats was a poet. He saw the Vortex theory as an ongoing process that kept happening. History grows big, and then declines and falls.