There are many ways to view history, and Aristotle's cycles as brought up to date by Parkinson make one of the better ones.
Increasingly, however, "victim" countries are refusing to view history as a closed book.
Greek historians also viewed history as cyclical, with events regularly recurring.
For many people, the events of the 20th century make it impossible to view history as a progressive process.
He had a time machine, the ZX-99, both to view history and to send someone back in time.
Unlike Thucydides, however, these historians all continued to view history as a source of moral lessons.
I view short-term history as generally political documents reflecting the prejudice of the writer.
Hankering after the 'good old days' is a way of always viewing history with rose-tinted glasses.
Determinism means that historians view history as being more caused by certain factors than other factors.
It was a lens through which he could view life, literature, and history, often with mischievous irony.