in thread "When does a people become "historical"? Can we achieve a Greek-like stance as Nietzsche believed late 19th C. Germans could?": Could war be an instance of "historicization" of peoples?... 2mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 0.6 0.6 Could war be an inst (view hidden) log in to judge received 0.6 0.6 Good point. Historical consciousness seems to be inextricably linked to its linguistic formulation, whether oral or written. This leads me to believe that the historicity of a people depends largely on whether it is created deliberately by the political/in... 2mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 3.5 3.5 Good point. Historic (view hidden) log in to judge received 3.5 3.5 Similar to the case of Rome with Fabius Pictor. He writes in Greek one of the first Roman histories, forged in conflicts with the Gauls and Carthaginians. 2mo ago (collapse hidden) log in to judge received 0.6 0.6 Similar to the case (view hidden) log in to judge received 0.6 0.6