In Our Time: Philosophy

Hegel's Philosophy of History

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Jun 23, 2022
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ANECDOTE

Hegel's Life and Times

  • Hegel witnessed the French Revolution and Napoleon's rise, shaping his views on freedom and its connection to death.
  • He completed his Phenomenology of Spirit during the Battle of Jena, calling Napoleon "the world soul".
INSIGHT

Geist and Freedom

  • Geist, often translated as spirit, represents human freedom, a capacity for self-conscious thought and action.
  • Unlike animals, humans can reflect and act from reasons, making them unique.
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Hegel's Dialectic

  • Hegel's dialectic involves the understanding, which creates one-sided distinctions between concepts, leading to contradictions.
  • Reason resolves these by finding a synthesis that encompasses both sides, like finite and infinite.
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