iI this now-classic discussion oF history and the writing of history by one of the world's great philosophers, it is Croce's contention that history must be considered primarily as the history of liberty, which operates through all human events.it is, he believes, the business of the historian to discover this basic element in relation.to its context, and to draw out the depts of the past not only the facts themselves but also the moral truths and impulses which underlie them.