赫尔德的思想曾在当时的欧洲风靡一时,产生了显著的影响。他的历史发展观包括人的发展、语言与文化的发展、民族主义观、社会发展观等诸多方面。赫尔德虽然不是唯物主义者,但他认为人是为社会而生的,人类社会是一个从低级向高级逐步前进的自然过程。他敏锐地看到了社会历史发展辩证的性质。 Herder’s thought had all the rage in Europe at the time and had a significant impact. His historical development concept includes many aspects such as human development, language and cultural development, nationalism and social development. Although Herder is not a materialist, he believes that man is born for the society. Human society is a natural process of progressing from a lower level to a higher level. He keenly saw the dialectical nature of social history.