克罗齐有一句名言:一切历史都是当代史。这是人们经常引用的。对这一说法,英国R·G·柯林伍德的看法是,此说“并非在这个词的通常意义上,即当代史意味着为期较近的过去的历史,而是在严格的意义上,即人们实际上完成某种活动时对自己的活动的意识。因此,历史就是活着的心灵?.. Croce famously said: All history is contemporary history. This is often quoted by people. In this view, R.G. Collingwood, in the United Kingdom, argues that "it is not in the usual sense of the word that contemporary history implies a more recent history of the past but, in a strict sense, That is, people’s awareness of their own activities when actually completing certain activities, so history is a living soul?