The “aim” of history fallacy
History is more than a mere list of events.
Modern historians often forget that causes and effects must be proportional.
In the old paradigm, power was often incorrectly considered the cause of history.
The effect of free will on the flow of history is negligible.
Great men don’t determine history, but any time we work closely with others our free will’s influence is diminished, although we often don’t realize this has happened.
It may simply be that male humans are biologically programmed to fight.
In the end, Tolstoy concludes that the causes of historical events are simply beyond human comprehension.