“Perhaps the worst thing about ideological thinking is that it implies a structure in and behind events, a history that is reiterative, with variations that cannot ultimately change the course of things and are therefore always trivial, no matter how much thought and labor goes into the making of them.” PhilosophyHistoryHistory Repeating ItselfHistory Of The United StatesMarilynne Robinson Book:What Are We Doing Here? Source: What Are We Doing Here?