What Is Philosophy Of History?

Philosophy of history is an area of philosophy concerning the eventual significance, if any, of human history. Furthermore, it speculates as to a possible teleological
end to its development—that is, it asks if there is a design, purpose,
directive principle, or finality in the processes of human history.
Philosophy of history asks at least three basic question1 What is the proper unit for the study of the human past the individual subject? The polis city or sovereign territory? The civilization or culture? Or the whole of the human species?
2Are there any broad patterns that we can discern through the study of the human past? Are there, for example, patterns of progress?
Or cycles? Is history deterministic? Or are there no patterns or
cycles, and is human history random? Related to this is the study of
individual agency and its impact in history, functioning within, or
opposed to, larger trends and patterns.
3 If history can indeed be said to progress, what is its ultimate direction? What (if any) is the driving force of that progress?

Philosophy of history should not be confused with historiography,
which is the study of history as an academic discipline, and thus
concerns its methods and practices, and its development as a discipline
over time. Nor should the philosophy of history be confused with the history of philosophy, which is the study of the development of philosophical ideas through time