In short, when we regard modern humans this way, we see them in their historic setting, as a sudden flash of lightning between past and future. We then begin to realize that the lives of such people are transit points through which this grand process continues—that is, we can then see those humans as part of history. At first glance, we might see some similarity between a merchant in the Roman Empire and a CEO of a commercial enterprise in our time. They both deal with problems that accompany the