Concept of History........

Concept of history
At one time the concept of history was that the unction of the historian was merely to record facts, and the facts would speak for themselves. This theory no longer holds good. Facts by themselves are apt to be dry as dust, and the historian must enliven them by imbuing them with some meaning. The role of the historian is not to act as a scribe, and copy out the narratives as available from historical sources. Such scissors and paste exercise would have no claim to be history. The true role of a historian stands on a higher pedestal. The historian has to make an enquiry into the past and arrive at rational conclusions about the how and why of what happened in history. The historian has to discover the past. History is thus basically an evaluation of the past, and the rule of the historian is to pass value judgements.