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The Evolution & Perfection of Germany
Hegel’s Lectures on the ‘Philosophy of History’ are considered to be valuable as an accessible introduction to his system. Since he works with familiar historical examples here to illustrate his metaphysical system, it is certainly an easier read than some of his purely abstract works (this reviewer ought to know, having entered those hallways and retreated in incomprehension and terror many times by now).
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Hegel's philosophy of history is very much a product of its times, the more so for the overarching context of "Reason" in which he interprets history. The Philosophy of History is not a work that Hegel lived to see published. The massive text we have today is a reconstruction of a series of lectures Hegel gave at the University of Berlin in the 1820s. His students, colleagues, and friends were shocked at his sudden death in a cholera epidemic in 1831, and, feeling that he had still had many cont
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For Hegel, the world is the stage on which humankind rehearses, practices and improvises as we attempt to perfect our performance. Meaning and purpose are gleaned from History. Major historical events are not merely the workings of individuals or groups- they are the manifestation of a greater humankind Spirit driving us, in fit and starts, through the flaws in our performance to help achieve perfection:
There are two Divine Kingdoms- the intellectual in the heart and cognitive faculty, and the...more
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