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Commentary and explanation of par 483 in the Encyclopedia.  "The objective Mind is the absolute Idea, but only existing in itself: and as it is thus on the basis of finitude, its actual rationality retains the aspect of external apparency. The free will finds itself immediately confronted by differences which arise from the circumstance that freedom is its inward function and aim, and is in relati...

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-philosophy-channel--4573240/support . "Dare to use your own reason" - Immanuel Kant

Hegel has been accused of conservatism or worse. The most common basis for this charge is Hegel's claim that what is rational is actual and what is actual is rational. This claim has been taken as a blanket endorsement of the status quo, but in the paragraph headed by this statement, Hegel distinguished between phenomena that embody a rational structure and those that do not. The mere fact that a...

Starting on April 1st we will be working hard to present a series of classes on hegelcourses.wordpress.com on the Social Philosophy of G.W.F. Hegel. This broadcast is a little teaser Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-philosophy-channel--4573240/support . "Dare to use your own reason" - Immanuel Kant

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831) was a German philosopher renowned for his development of dialectical thinking, often referred to as "dialectics." Hegel's dialectical method is a complex philosophical framework that seeks to understand the development of ideas and reality through the interplay of opposing forces or contradictions. Here's an overview: Thesis-Antithesis-Synthesis: Hegel's d...

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-philosophy-channel--4573240/support . "Dare to use your own reason" - Immanuel Kant