虽然就人类始终企望改变社会生活现状、建构理想社会并以之为目标而言.“历史进步观念”始终构成人类思想的一部份.但真正把“历史进步”与人类自己的力量联系起来,并以之确证人自身社会活动的合理性、必然性,则只是近代以来的事. Although human beings always want to change the present state of social life and build an ideal society and aim at it, “the concept of historical progress” has always been a part of the human mind, but truly links “the progress of history” with the power of mankind himself, And to confirm the rationality and necessity of one’s own social activities, it is only a matter of modern times.