{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"138 \u2013 The Conservative Historian with Belisarius Aves","description":"\u201cHistory offers not simply a chronicle of events but, more importantly, opportunities to gain insights about the human condition from the experience of other times and places,\u201d writes Thomas Sowell in his provocatively titled book Black Rednecks and White Liberals.  \u201cThat is, it offers not merely facts but explanations.\u201d  Yet history\u2019s capacity to benefit us is naturally limited by our natural biases.  \u201cHistory cannot be a reality check for visions when history is itself shaped by visions.\u201d  To learn how to extract beneficial explanations from history, therefore, we must first learn how to recognize our biases, pre-conceptions, worldviews, and visions.   Saving Elephants host Josh Lewis is joined by the Conservative Historian Belisarius Aves to explore the various schools of historical thought and how conservatism might instruct us to approach history.   About Belisarius Aves Belisarius Aves (or Bel for short) is the founder and publisher of the Conservative Historian YouTube channel and podcast.  \u201cHistory is too important to be left to the left,\u201d writes Bel.  \u201cThe Conservative Historian provides content and opinions on conservative thinking through the prism of history.\u201d  You can follow Bel on Twitter @BelAves   ","author_name":"Saving Elephants | Millennials defending & expressing conservative values","author_url":"https:\/\/www.savingelephantsblog.com\/","html":"