Desire——the drive for history development

【Abstract】About the drive for history development， scholars both domestic and abroad have got a wide diversity of arguments. However， what is the crucial factor of accelerating history development？ This article is from the Holy Bible to research.

【Key words】desire Holy Bible history development

1.Introduction

Christianity is a world？鄄wild religion founded by Jesus Christ and its prime ideology was recorded in the Holy Bible. Christianity and the Bible have always been considered as the core of the western civilization from the Middle Ages and it has shown great influence on all fields of society， such as literature， art， history， philosophy， economic and law.

This paper mainly introduces the power for historical promotion from the perspective of desire in Genesis of the old tastment of the Holy Bible.

2.the “Desire” in Genesis

From the human being birth， human beings have been evoluted because of the desire. “In apes， the use of the hands and feet already have some kind of division of labor. Hand picking is mainly used to hold the food， and like mammals with relatively low forefoot done”. Why did the hands and feet engage in different activities？ Mainly due to the different needs and the diversified goals. Angel once said：“Labor created human beings”， however， it is just the various demands that had prompted them to engage in the totally different labor activities. And in some classical mythologies， we can feel the changes because of the desire. This paper mainly takes the Holy Bible for example.

2.1 Desire

In the first book of the Old Testament， there is a story， before the snake deceives the woman， she says：“but God said， You shall not eat the fruit of the tree， neither shall you touch it， lest you die.” So the woman do not eat， we can say it is the desire for living that hinders her from eatting， she follows the God’s words until the appearance of the snake. The serpent said “You will not surely die. For God knows that when you eat it your eyes will be opened， knowing good and evil.” “So she took off its fruit and ate， and she also gave some to her husband”. Here the problem seems to be the deceit of snake. However， you will acknowledge that it is the desires that promote them to have a taste， they thought the fruit could make their eyes bright， which was an extraordinarily temptatious facet and they longed for brightness so much.

2.2 the Rules and Institutions Under various Desires

Human？蒺s desires are so much， when humans have endless desire， correspondingly， some necessary regulations are required to keep our society function well. Just as Gustav. Schwab said， “because they can not control their feelings， unbridled action makes this new human being into a disaster.” So the LORD God said to the serpent， “cursed are you above all livestock and above all beasts of the field.” To the woman he said，“I will surely multiply your pain in childbearing. Your desire shall be for your husband， and he shall rule over you.” These series of punitive provisions is the primal institutional of human beings.

History is always promoted by human？蒺s desires and needs. We need to survive and live. In the early epoch， Adam needed to work extremely hard to gain food. Therefore， we had developed agriculture， animal husbandry and another basic necessities of life. In order to live a better lives， later human creates a series of spiritual activities， such as reading. All of these activities are actuated under the inner desire.

3. the Thinking about the Force for History Development

About the issue of history development， there are two kinds of viewpoints： First is the power of human themselves， the second is some force outside human. And for the power of human themselves， it can be divided into two kinds： one is the spiritual level； the other is practical level. Marx once said：“History is nothing but the human activity of pursuing his own purpose only.” The force outside human， of course， the most typical is the theory of God made man. The Holy Bible is not only the production that stands for the level of historical development of Christianity， but also a monumental historical book involved in very sphere of social life. Of the most important ideology is the idea of God made man. But demand is the radical driving force for historical development. We can find some relative examples from the history.

The first is the physical aspect .We need some basic necessities of life ， such as garment， food， house， transportation， so livestock and crop production are the human first important sectors to get food. The fellowed is spiritual level. we go on pursuing the new knowledge， because we want a more wonderful life.

4.Conclusion

Through the simple but relatively deep going analysis of this paper， we can learn a fact that human desire is the ultimate driving force for historical moving forward. whether those who hold the viewpoint of class struggle， or any other points of view， they are all rooted in human mind and human desire—intrinsic and extrinsic pursuits， which have been formed the inexhaustible motive force for human progressive development and constant fighting.

References：

[1]Gustav Schwab， Greece myths[M]. Harbin： Harbin Press， 2005.

[2]Holy Bible[M]. English Standard Version.

[3]Lenin. Lenin Collected Works，[M]. People？蒺s Publishing House，1984.

作者簡(jiǎn)介：

劉秀平（1988-），河北省承德人，歷史學(xué)碩士，研究方向：中國近現(xiàn)代史