Relation And Comment On Voltaire's Society Conception Of History

Voltaire joins from the 1720s in the antifeudal ideological struggle, erupted previous ten years death to the French Revolution, has moved 60 remaining years of life positively in the Enlightenment. The longevity caused him to experience the entire European the 18th century's journey nearly fortunately along with the movement development advancement, this was carries on the indomitable struggle's process with the Catholic Church and the despotic dynasty. He displayed the great devotion fully, by own words and deeds, led one batch to be ambitious the gentleman, advanced boldly together while the cultural vicissitude's turbulent current.The society conception of history is the important component which the Voltaire thought manifests. He regards the history by the philosophy spirit, gets rid makes the supernatural explanation to the history, specially explains the historical procedure take the Holy Bible as the master line. The history is not such which some thinkers advocated likely is the tool which the morals preach, Voltaire insists historical the morals and the practice value. Thought that the history no doubt must provide the accurate fact, but its basic task does not lie in this, the tedious detail fact collection is no use to person's ability and wisdom development. The true history is not makes the defense for present, but is must expose the human ruler's complete evil, turns the initiation the history the tool, causes the people to transform has the perfect reason person, thus promotes person's realistic status. The initiation is must make the human to know humanity is the historical inventor, is society's main body. Voltaire lifts up high the rational flag, utilizes the multiform thought weapon, the exposition enemy, the education populace, with by the deism expression's materialism philosophic thinking opposed that the doctrine of ecclesiastic supremacy, the opposition religious fervor, opposed the absolute monarchy, initiates Britain's-like constitutional monarchy political opinion, this may also say that is his initiation thought final goal. The history became in Voltaire's field of vision widened, he did not write the theology the history, not only also limited to the national history, but regarded as the history the human culture the development, paid attention to person's invention, the creation as well as person's culture manners and customs and so on, therefore might say that the philosophy of history in the certain extent was his culture philosophy pronoun.Voltaire takes a thinker, as a result of the time and social class's limitation, his theory also has the obvious flaw, had the completely negative manner and the rationality to the 15th century end beforehand history by sanctifying. Society's progress must through the rational utilization, this cause him inevitably not to inquire about truly the society historical development the power, had not seen at that time the French general populace like a raging fire were carrying on revolutionary the real reason, although he once had proposed some precious thought in this aspect.