For
With documents and research, we can get close to reality.
Against
Much of history was never recorded or has been lost.
Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.
“Historical narrative is made up of analysis of a multitude of written sources, archeological evidence, and guesswork.”
“History is the study of artifacts and documents, and the ongoing debate as to their meaning.”
“No one, at any point of history knows all sides of any story or all the facts surrounding it.”
“lots of history is oral history, records are lost, or if an event was written down it was written much later”