摘要
历史学家不仅试图描写发生了什么，它是如何发生的，而且还要说明为什么社会经历了变化。任何这类的探究便提出了不少根本性的问题：地理的、经济的和社会力量的长期影响：个人的作用：在独一无二的事件中，或从另一方面看。在可以归为某种模式的事件中，群体力量产生影响的程度；人类事务进步中的问题。由于对宇宙及其中人类作用的哲学观点不尽相同，答案也是多种多样的。
The Historian seeks to describe not only what has happened and how it happened but also why society undergoes change. Any search of this kind raises a number of fundamental questions： the impact of long-term geographical, economic, and social forces; the role of the individual; the power of the group in the extent to which events are unique or,conversely, can fit into patterns; and the problem of progress in human affairs. The answers vary with different philosophical views of the universe and human role therein.
出处
《中学历史教学》
2007年第9期53-54,共2页
History Teaching in Middle Schools
