John of Salisbury was talking about learning history, and how his teacher told him that although his peers and him have had no physical changes, they are far more intelligent than people years ago. This is a fact basically because history repeats itself, thus, knowing what has happened in the past can show us hints to what will happen in the future. Many people say that this is the smarter generation, with all the advances in technology and such. Although we have had advances in education and learning, many ancient...