{"id":4198,"date":"2022-09-20T12:59:42","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T12:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ente.nu\/okategoriserad\/how-to-write-a-chronicle\/"},"modified":"2023-01-24T13:57:43","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T13:57:43","slug":"how-to-write-a-chronicle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ente.nu\/en\/blog\/how-to-write-a-chronicle\/","title":{"rendered":"How to write a chronicle?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Bertil is a member of a pensioners’ association and has made a name for himself as something of a thinker and philosopher. One day, the president of the association asks Bertil if he would like to write a column for the association’s membership magazine. What should the chronicle be about, asks Bertil. But if you’ve studied Plato’s writings, you’ll know how to write a good chronicle,” says the President and continues. Write something about how Plato’s ideas affect us pensioners in today’s society. <\/p>\n\n

How to write a chronicle<\/h2>\n\n

After some hesitation, Bertil accepts the flattering offer. He must not lose confidence as the Association’s expert in the history of ideas and learning. But how do you write a chronicle, Bertil thinks. He has never written anything down, but just walked and thought. In this respect he is more like Socrates than Plato. Socrates never wrote anything; Plato, his pupil, did.<\/p>\n\n

Bertil is going to get help to learn how to write a chronicle. He contacts an acquaintance who has written editorials and columns in the local newspaper. The former editor is enthusiastic and promises to send a memo on how to write a chronicle step by step.<\/p>\n\n

How to write a chronicle – an example<\/h2>\n\n

To his delight, Bertil receives a suggestion on how to write a chronicle of Plato’s ideas and what he should think about. He gets the proposal in point form:<\/p>\n\n