However, as Duncan Forbes writes in his introduction to the Introduction, “the first, most primitive (that is logically primitive) kind of history, ‘original’ history, is barely history at all in so far as it represents an immediate unity between the historian’s consciousness this sort of contemporary history is necessarily limited.” Forbes argues that it is impossible for the original historian to provide much theory on, or even reflect very comprehensively on, events he has only just witnessed. Contemporary historians aim to record recent and current events with precision and accuracy, explaining and summarising it simply. Hegel says that the purpose of original history is to create a ‘mental representation’ of phenomena. It includes the historian’s own experiences as part of the history he’s recording.
Original history refers to first-hand accounts of events, actions and situations, collected or verified by the historian himself. In his Introduction to Lectures on the Philosophy of World History (1837), Hegel argues that there are three ways of doing history. To see more art, please visit /photos/venantius/albums Hegel’s Classification of History
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