Half Hour Hegel: The Complete Phenomenology of Spirit (Preface, sec 26)

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In this eleventh video in the new series on G.W.F. Hegel's great early work, the Phenomenology of Spirit, I read and comment on the rather lengthy twenty-sixth paragraph of the text, from the Preface. In this section, Hegel continues drawing out the implications of the previous sections, in particular clarifying the relationship between his conception of Science (Wissenschaft) and the individual human person.
Both the individual and science exist in a relationship of antithesis, as parts of self-conscious Spirit, and need to be integrated with each other -- bringing together the in-itself and the for-itself. As we shall see in subsequent paragraphs, this process is precisely what the Phenomenology of Spirit describes in detail.
In this video series, I will be working through the entire Phenomenology, paragraph by paragraph -- for each one, first reading the paragraph, and then commenting on what Hegel is doing, referencing, discussing, etc. in that paragraph.
This series is designed to provide an innovative digital resource that will assist students, lifelong learners, professionals, and even other philosophers in studying this classic work by Hegel for generations to come. If you'd like to support this project -- and also receive some rewards for your support -- please contribute! - / drgbsadler
I'll be using and referencing the A.V. Miller English-language translation of the Phenomenology, which is available here: amzn.to/1jDUI6w
The introductory music for the video is: Solo Violin - BWV 1004 - Partita for Violin No. 2 - Recorded in Brooklyn June 26, 2011 specifically to be dedicated to the Public Domain
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[@metatron7515]

it's impossible to overstate how much of a treasure this and all your instructional and insightful videos are, can't thank you enough

[@GregoryBSadler]

You're very welcome!

[@johnbeaubien8826]

by far one of the most enjoyable and comprehensive series of lectures I have ever heard - especially on Hegel. I have always felt intimidated by this writer and this series has helped make the concepts accessible and useful to real like. By the second lecture I was floored by Hegel's breakdown on what culture is and how I can apply this principle in my daily life and career. This is GOLD.Thank you so much for sharing this Dr. Sadler!

[@novascotianmusician]

Incredible exposition. Very very useful and clear, thank you

[@GregoryBSadler]

You're welcome! Glad it was helpful

[@GregoryBSadler]

the next installment in the series -- we're now in the double digits, with number 11 -- with the long, long discussion in section 26

[@WalrusWillpower]

The greatest feeling in the world is making a little diagram in the margins of the book and then seeing that you have the same diagram on your chalkboard

[@GregoryBSadler]

Nice!

[@gregshende4027]

The title of Ian Mcgilchrist's book "The Master and the Emissary" kept popping into my mind as a great analogy for Hegel's conceptualization of science and the individual. Science is a great emissary but is not a great master.

[@MrMarktrumble]

Preface, sec 26 thank you.

[@RobWickline]

Do you think it would be more fruitful to read each passage and listen to the lecture afterward, or do you think it would be better to simply try and read the totality of the preface and come back to the lectures at points where I get lost or confused to clarify those passages? I have a slight fear of missing connections from passage to passage or missing some kind of larger structure of the section, in this case the preface, by going through in this intensely granular way. More broadly, any advice for how to engage with this as an educational resource? Thanks a lot for this, this has been very helpful so far.

[@GregoryBSadler]

Give the book an initial read first

[@abcrane]

on exercise: try swimming laps, after a half hour (one mile) of laps, I have a chapter of my book or a scene in my script written in my head- (then just transcribe to print)-the water is an amazing conduit for thought, for creativity, for passionate discovery--so the time will not be in competition with your work--they will happen at once. swimming is the philosophy of the body.

[@michelc1200]

Thanks!

[@GregoryBSadler]

You're very welcome - and thanks!

[@iggigrinner]

Thanks

[@GregoryBSadler]

You're welcome

[@akewigren6637]

Thank you so much for publishing all these very interesting and engaging videos. I have watched your lessons on Heidegger, Nietzsche and now your excellent serie on Hegel. I`m reading the Phenomenology of spirit in Swedish and then watching your take on just that paragraph. I could not have managed to do this just by reading the textbook. How can I give a money contribution to you Dr Sadler?

[@GregoryBSadler]

Well, if you like to support this series in an ongoing way, and get some perks, there's Patreon - www.patreon.com/drgbsadler If it's a one-time thing, then you want our donations page - www.paypal.com/donate/?token=k6pl2ikxHhiIOIUoOzMa4C1-VRLPsfM7fMdyZh6N2hlSocWgeZsVXNAcvaNRY2lbpqi42m Glad that you're enjoying the Hegel lectures. Down the line, I'm hoping to do something along these lines for some other big works, like Being and Time. But first, I've got to get this one done!

[@eupraxis1]

Bravo.

[@GregoryBSadler]

Thanks!

[@faramakzahraie7967]

So far very interesting. But, it seems Hegel is refuting himself in this Preface, as he begins it by stating that such a philosophic work needs no such preface as "superfluous". And, if Hegel is negating himself, here to begin with, seemingly in keeping with the Dialectical Spirit, can we say then that Marx was also justified in negating Hegel, who in turn is justified to be negated, insofar as we are in Dialectical process towards the Absolute?

[@GregoryBSadler]

Keep reading - the key term there is "seems" - and you want to think about whether noting and working through a contradiction is the same as "refuting"

[@faramakzahraie7967]

Thanks for the reply. Yes, "seem" seems to indicate appearance as in phenomenology itself. Nevertheless, it "seems' like the preface itself is becoming a good example of Phenomenology of Spirit itself, which seems to be a dialectical process of negation of negation .... to the Absolute. No? I think you are right about "refuting", it is an excessive term to be used in this context. Thanks again.

[@eylon1967]

@@GregoryBSadler yeh, from my prespecive marx didn't refute hegel, ut developed hegelian economics/sociology-further developments in philosophy etc etc

[@brentwejrowski]

You're talking about Individuals with science.. Hegel mentions consciousness as the antithesis to science and science to consciousness. Is Hegel substituting consciousness for individuals here?

[@GregoryBSadler]

Brent Wejrowski "Is Hegel substituting consciousness for individuals here?" No, I wouldn't say that. Individuals have consciousness, as individuals, but are also part of consciousness, in its historical development. Keep in mind, as well, that "science" is something here under a double aspect -- what "science" is taken to be at a given time, and "science" as it is being worked out through the remainder of the work, in which these seeming antitheses are going to be worked through

[@Alic3IiWL]

Who or what possesses the "natural consciousness?"

[@chrisc7265]

Although it remains impenetrable, I'm starting to have an inkling of the appeal of Hegel's prose --- there's an almost biblical poetry to it.

[@GregoryBSadler]

Well, it's definitely something

[@lyndonbailey3965]

I never really thought about it that way..but it is almost a dyadic thing...push education too far in the vulgar enthusiastic deweyite direction and you instrumentalise education,push it too far the other way and you instrumentalise people.

[@GregoryBSadler]

+lyndon bailey Indeed!

[@abcrane]

"how does this actually tie into my world"...knowing Hegel...(personally, self-consciously) ties into the world (life plan) of only those who choose a contemplative, self-consciously, integrated, planned purposeful path...to these people, Hegel is essential, to the rest, unfortunately, a great thinker's work has gone to waste, or has been used diabolically by the clever exploiters of scientific discovery.