The Concept of Historia magistra vitae in the Study on History and Historical Discourse

Abstract

The author presents the Ciceronian concept Historia magistra vitae est in relation to the model of historiography, an axiological category and a meta-historical topos. The supposition of such an approach is the Enlightenment postulate, which conveys the idea of history as a teacher in its previous and contemporary interpretations; the latter are given contextual analysis.