This sentence is a famous proposition put forward by Croce, a famous Italian literary critic, historian and philosopher, in 19 17. Later, this proposition became a famous saying with a very wide spread and considerable influence.
Zhu Guangqian's article "The History of Croce" once expounded Croce's proposition: "Any past history is not real history if it does not arouse realistic thinking, impress realistic interest and blend with realistic spiritual life. The past history can only be revived in my current ideological activities, and it can be historic. Therefore, all history must be the current history ... Paying attention to the modernity of history is actually paying attention to the connection between history and life. "
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Croce's achievements in historical philosophy;
His view of history contradicts historical materialism and is called "ethical and political view of history" by academic circles.
He declared that history is the self-development and increasingly full embodiment of ideals, hopes and moral values inherent in a certain era, and the phenomenon in the field of superstructure plays a decisive role in the historical process. The so-called "world spirit" is the only topic in history. Therefore, although he advocates that history is created by people, he believes that only the upper class of the ruling class (that is, "political aristocrats") is the real creator of history.
In addition, his "ethical and political history view" holds that ethical and political history is above everything else, and all other history is just "life history", which may make the original colorful history very monotonous. But as Italy's "spiritual czar" and a great master, Croce is an outstanding representative of Italian national culture.
Croce, as a representative of critical historical philosophy in the 20th century, has a far-reaching influence on his works. In his view, history is philosophy. If a historian is endowed with the talent of a philosopher, he can only look at the history and sigh in the face of the vast literature, but can't write thoughtful historical works.
Croce put forward a famous proposition: "All history is contemporary history". He believes that people always study and write history from the realistic interests and serve the current purpose.