9. Thread that holds past and present together (Continuity)

Back to History 8 Fifth Mountain Readings

Example 1 "Our fathers and their fathers before them were able to live in peace; Why should we be the ones to break this tradition" The people of Akbar hold on to the ideals of peace that their forefathers possessed.

Example 2 "The method of Byblos, with the Greek adaptation, had pleased the traders of the various nations; as had been the case since ancient times, it was they who decided what should remain in history and what would disappear with the death of a given king or a given person" The Grecian writers were the ones who determined what was worthy of history, and what the future generations would know.

Sources:

The Fifth Mountain by Paulo Coelho

Wiki by Will Skinner