Principles and Heresies

Ferment Among Historians

The eyes of the world are upon the tremendous ferment in the technology of the physical sciences; but less dramatic, yet in the end perhaps more fateful for our future, is the ferment in the philosophy of history. The way in which we see ourselves and our historical role will in the end shape our will. It will affect our being a great deal more deeply than the material instrumentalities with which we implement our will.