George santayana , the philosopher , once said that those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it .
哲学家乔治桑塔亚纳（georgesantayana）曾经说过，忘记过去就一定会重复过去。
It was in george santayana 's celebrated quote on a plaque at auschwitz that I found a clear articulation of the difference between the western and the chinese approaches : " the one who does not remember history is bound to live through it again . "
