History is also great for providing intellectual perspective. A lot of people take as universal ideas that are actually peculiar to our own era; since no era g

History is also great for providing intellectual perspective. A lot of people take as universal ideas that are actually peculiar to our own era; since no era gets everything right, the ideas and attitudes of the past can help you evaluate those you took for granted. Of course, studying the future would probably work just as well, if that were possible.