Phénoménologie de l'esprit

In 'Phénoménologie de l'esprit', Hegel presents a comprehensive system of philosophy that examines the stages of consciousness from sense-certainty to absolute knowing.

The work is divided into several sections, including Consciousness, Self-Consciousness, Reason, Spirit, Religion, and Absolute Knowing.

Hegel argues that consciousness evolves through a dialectical process, where each stage is a response to the limitations of the previous one.

He discusses the master-slave dialectic, the role of reason and self-consciousness, and the concept of Spirit as a collective ethical consciousness.

The book culminates in the idea of absolute knowing, where the subject-object division is reconciled, and the individual achieves a unified and self-realized collective consciousness.