ABSTRACT
If we were to assume, in common with many a philosopher, that all of mankind is developing from a given original state to a positive goal, we could conceive this process in two ways. Either a general guiding will promotes the development of the human race from one point to another or there is in mankind a vestige of spiritual nature which of necessity drives things toward a certain goal. I would not consider these two views to be either philosophically tenable or historically demonstrable.
