S. P. Thompson developed a detailed theory of history in order to understand and explain changes in both science and religion over the centuries. This theory tried to take science and religion seriously as categories based on genuine aspects of human experience, and to understand trends that both brought them together and separated them. For him, the most important element of the practice of history was not “truth,” but rather “sincerity.” This required active reflection on the historian's own outlook and own place in history as a conscious actor.

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没有文字的奴隶：SP汤普森的历史理论

SP Thompson 开发了详细的历史理论，以理解和解释几个世纪以来科学和宗教的变化。该理论试图将科学和宗教视为基于人类经验真实方面的范畴，并理解将它们结合在一起和分离它们的趋势。对他来说，历史实践最重要的元素不是“真实”，而是“真诚”。这需要积极反思历史学家自己的观点和自己作为有意识的行动者在历史中的地位。