But it is no surprise that coming to terms with history can be damnably difficult. The Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard put his finger on one of the more fundamental problems: “Life must be lived forwards – but can only be understood backwards”.
然而在正确认识历史的问题上困难重重也是意料之中。丹麦哲学家祈克果（Soren Kierkegaard）指出了更为根本的问题之一：生命必须在前进中延续—但却只能在回顾中明了。