“历史主义”一词究竟包含什么意思,就英语世界的许多作家来说,这个问题依然没有解决。有各种各样的定义存在着,因此它的概念是模糊不清的。很少人曾经企图澄清这些互相冲突的意见,不容置疑,历史主义的概念有极大的灵活性,而且可以令人信服地认证,它的含义决不会是一个,而是有好几个。但是正象经验主义那样的一个概念,人们讲到它时,表示不同的意思,但仍旧保持着一个总括的含义,因此,关于历史主义,我认为,它有两个关系密切 The term “historicism” actually contains what it means. To many writers in the English-speaking world, this issue still remains unsolved. There are a variety of definitions that exist, so its concept is ambiguous. Few people have attempted to clarify these conflicting opinions. There is no doubt that the concept of historicism has great flexibility and can be convincingly certified. Its meaning is by no means one, but rather several. But just as empiricism is a concept, people have different meanings when it comes to it, but they still maintain a general meaning. Therefore, with regard to historicism, I think it has two close relations