As early as Greek and Roman days, western historians took history as rational practice, neglecting the deistic intervetion with human practice and establishing a humanistic view if history.

• 西方史学家在希腊罗马时代就把历史看做是具有理性的实践活动，排斥否定神灵对人事的影响，从而树立起人文主义的历史观。