146). How the world works has no value without relating it back to the people within it (Dilthey, pg. 146). Thus, it makes sense that what humans give value to and express as rules for the will within society is rediscovered and given meaning when looking at world history (Dilthey, pg. 146). The findings we express as a discovery of history are nothing but reflections of our own thoughts and consciousness’s (Dilthey, pg. 146). The feeling one has of the progress of history is merely a projection of ones own experience onto the course of history, thus the feeling of a true sense of history is just a projection of consciousness (Dilthey, pg. 146). The philosophy of history has a clear religious basis that can be explained by this projection of oneself (Dilthey, pg. 147). Ideas of a God creating a plan for human history with a beginning and an end are products of theology (Dilthey, pg. 147). Over time, philosophy of history became a theory of spiritual nature, evolving with religion and being used by religion in order to answer divine questions, but it lacked empirical
146). How the world works has no value without relating it back to the people within it (Dilthey, pg. 146). Thus, it makes sense that what humans give value to and express as rules for the will within society is rediscovered and given meaning when looking at world history (Dilthey, pg. 146). The findings we express as a discovery of history are nothing but reflections of our own thoughts and consciousness’s (Dilthey, pg. 146). The feeling one has of the progress of history is merely a projection of ones own experience onto the course of history, thus the feeling of a true sense of history is just a projection of consciousness (Dilthey, pg. 146). The philosophy of history has a clear religious basis that can be explained by this projection of oneself (Dilthey, pg. 147). Ideas of a God creating a plan for human history with a beginning and an end are products of theology (Dilthey, pg. 147). Over time, philosophy of history became a theory of spiritual nature, evolving with religion and being used by religion in order to answer divine questions, but it lacked empirical