
German Idealism
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Hegel's Theory Makes Simple the Complicated
Ryan: I don't think that German idealism may seem like a like a boutique interest in 2020 but I really don't think it is. John Locke famously said he would write more clearly and specatively in the style of John Locke, which was a pretty good slam on him. Neil liberalism does not make complicated things simple so what Hegel tries to do with his theory even though he's hard to read seems like kind of paradoxical yeah but theory makes simple the complicated. Ryan: Like we're trying to distill the very complicated to find points by which you can go through and re-approach these things that seem unapproachable and unfriendly.
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