Theses on the Philosophy of History

Look at these paragraphs by Walter Benjamin, first published in Neue Rundschau, 1950, and translated into English in the collection Illuminations, 1969.

Pick one thesis (one section) from the text which might inspire or guide you, however loosely, as you assemble research materials this week. This is a tough text I know. See what you can make of it, in the project of constructing an image of the past of your subject.