本文討論並肯定了思辨歷史哲學的基本特點、歷史起源及主要內容。思辨的歷史哲學把歷史看作是一個有意義的整娃，是用世界槐解釋歷史。它是胡於歷史的形而上學研究。與分析學派相比，它同作為“愛智”的哲學更具有連績性。然而，歷史哲學畢竟不是希臘人的創造。它源於基督教，只是近代被世俗化了。從古希臘到基督教，伴隨看從周期性模式到進步模式的軒劄。但基督教的進步理論被包衷在天意論中。近代歷史哲學則把天意還原為自然和理性。盡管缺乏實證證據，盡管人類生活的意義並不完全取次於歷史的意義，但開於歷史進步及意義的形而上學理論確乎更是一種生活方式。思辨歷史哲學與人類有意義地生活共始終，不會也不應當消失。

This article discusses the characteristics, origin and main issues of the speculative philosophy of history. The speculative philosophy of history treats history as a meaningful whole and explains history from the points of worldview; it is a metaphysical study of history. Incorporation with the analytical school, the speculative philosophy of h istory is more closely linked to the philosophy as philo—sophia (to love wisdom). However, the philosophy of history did not begin with Greek philosophy; it originated in Christianity, it is secularized in the modern time. The transition from Greece to Christianity is accompanied by the transition from the cyclical pattern of history to the linear pattern of history. The Christian theory of progress is wrapped in the theory of providence. The modern philosophy of history reduces the uifion of providence to nature and reason. The writer maintains that, though the meaning of human life does not depend on the meaning of history, the metaphysical debate about the progress and meaning of history is indeed a way of life and promotes the progress of human life. The speculative philosophy will endure as long as the meaningful human life exists. It will not disappear.