About the philosophy of history

We assume that the views on 'history' and the tradition of history-writing, and on this basis, theoretical and meditative look at history, which is called 'philosophy of history', can be generally divided into old and modern times. In the old and traditional perspective, 'history' is not independent from 'being', rather it is one manifestation of being and is usually considered as an unveiling of divine will, while according to the modern perspective, which comes out of eighteenth century or enlightened era of Europe, history is seen to be independent from the world and is analyzed and interpreted in relation with the knowledge of subject and particular will. In fact, what is attributed to the general will and world's nature in the traditional and original view, is attributed to human's reasoning and understanding in the modern view; and naturally, this difference in the basics ends up in different methods and results. This article, besides explaining how the modern perspective about history developed and its differences with previous views, will also explain some characteristics of looking at history on the basis of a religious thought.