Hegel: A Complete Guide to History

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Edited by: Paul Lupascu
Written & presented by: Lewis Waller
Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction to Hegel
03:23 - Context: The End of Enlightenment
15:45 - The Preface Problem
20:57 - Consciousness
35:07 - The Negation of the Negation
40:06 - Self-Consciousness
01:04:59 - Reason
01:21:49 - Spirit
01:41:27 - Religion
01:52:01 - Absolute Knowing
01:59:18 - (In)Conclusion(s)
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[@ThenNow]

Thank you to @epochphilosophy for lending their voice once again: kzbin.info For a reading list and an accompanying pdf head to: www.thenandnow.co/2023/05/12/hegel-a-complete-guide-to-history/ Support Then & Now at: www.patreon.com/thenandnow

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[@cheri238]

🤗🥰📚

[@danielcaldwell1110]

Why use Communist Regime, why are you people always conditioning the human mind? Hegel would spit on your face.

[@vojtechtomek4035]

😊😊

[@Pa_Pa_451]

Excellent , informative and very interesting video, please share with us, how you do research and make video? ❤

[@atticusosullivan9332]

I love it when documentary makers walk pointlessly away from the camera into a baren land as if they're late for an important meeting

[@dallasron51]

As if to say, “Follow me and I’ll tell you more.”

[@_PanchoVilla]

Gotta admit, it was weird he adopted a BBC-style documentary structure.

[@user-mx9iq7pi6u]

Aren't we all late for an important meeting

[@DJWESG1]

Or abruptly through a doorway on introduction

[@gyurilajos7220]

​@@dallasron51I read the body language as: I've done it again. Said something of striking significance. Stop a ponder. Enjoy the moment. Said something that could one out of dogmatic slumber or awake to the dream. Jolt to knowing. Mat

[@epochphilosophy]

Dude, I have no idea how you make these videos. Just insane how comprehensive these are. Absolute masterpiece. Thanks for allowing me to lend my voice once again.

[@ThenNow]

Thank you, Epoch. Much appreciate the help. Marx next!

[@epochphilosophy]

@@ThenNow I'll be right here if you need me for the next! Seriously though, great work man. Always an honor to play a tiny role in these.

[@veganautics]

Another masterpiece. Thank you both so much. I hope we see more of these for years to come! And if I may, I hope @epochphilosophy makes another video on Heidegger (the one on "Being and Time" was great, in my opinion).

[@casctober]

Great work, you two are my favourite philosophy channels.

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@@casctoberShoutout Jonas Čeika, as well.

[@-Gorbi-]

I think Hegel would be happy to see his ideas brought to life in such a lucid and comprehensive work, if not a bit jealous of your clarity 😊 Fantastic job!

[@harshilsangal6226]

Hegel would probably lament at yet another unsuccessful attempt at interpreting him.

[@MacSmithVideo]

Hegel was a self promoting fraud, so you're probably right.

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@@MacSmithVideo Someone's a fan of Schopenhauer

[@violin245]

I CANT FREAKING WAIT TWO HOURS OF HEGEL!!!!

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I CANT FREAKING WAIT FIFTY MORE YEARS OF HEGEL!!!!!

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THE MOST ANTICIPATED EVENT OF THE YEAR

[@ThenNow]

This is going on the promotional posters

[@Raphacom123]

Right? Just in time to be of tremendous help for a study group I'm heading. It's about Brazilian culture. That's how universal Hegel is.

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Truly. I've been waiting on this one since the Spinoza video dropped. I knew Hegel had to be in the pipeline.

[@Guided-By-Boognish]

I can now possibly maybe perhaps kinda understand half of what Zizek is talking about now!

[@gogigaga1677]

We want HUSSERL not this Hegelian bs

[@gabsrants]

I will never get over how much that painted portrait of Hegel looks like Werner Herzog.

[@Bejaardenbus]

It's a well-known fact that Werner Herzog has been alive since the dawn of time. It's a miracle that we don't have more paintings that show this.

[@gabsrants]

@@BejaardenbusHerzog voiceover: "You cannot fathom the loneliness of an immortal being. The siren call of the void is impenetrable to your pleas."

[@samdixon6433]

if they were to make a Hegel biopic he'd certainly be the best candidate!! not just for his looks but also his nationality!

[@Factopia776]

It's quite amusing how art can sometimes create unexpected connections! The resemblance between Hegel and Werner Herzog is indeed uncanny. Perhaps a twist of fate or a hint of artistic whimsy?

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@@gabsrants ahahah I heard his voice in my head reading your reply

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Why do you accept the premise that knowledge shouldn't be free?

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I love how he presents as if he’s reading a powerful, exciting poem. Love that style! 💜

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YES! like a philosophical dance 💃

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Philosophy is poetic sometimes

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its about now, but also not now and thisness and not thisness

[@Nenkos]

there will NEVER be a lingering shot of him walking away from the camera

[@Nenkos]

holy shit

[@camilrath5990]

Certified theory tube classic

[@BenmiloudAffef]

My philosophy teacher in school who was smart and obviously interested in philosophy said he made a several attempts to read Hegel's " فنومينولوجيا الروح" (title of his book " The Phenomenology of Spirit" in arabic) but wasn't able to, because it was too difficult to understand... I hope he'll watch this video to understand more about hegel!!!

[@cecilcharlesofficial]

it's because it's fake philosophy

[@adaptercrash]

It's written in his thesis antithesis synthesis assembling of words where all 3 concepts of his dialectic synthesis are constantly reversed and reiterated, crossed back then resynthesisized. I saw it and could explain that in 30 seconds. But it's really poorly done unlike heideggers ontology on synthesis of the phenomology that bypasses reversed thesis into the ready at hand cause that's what they do.

[@MCSorry]

I tried reading both Phenomenology of Spirit and Lectures on the Philosophy of History and let me tell you: it will take a man smarter than I to crack that code.

[@michaelmcgrath7042]

Hegel is top 3 most difficult philosphers to understand. I even had one professor who thought he was insane.

[@andrewsmith3324]

I’ve only read 3 books by Hegel, and I’ll say that while he is a great person to reference and a great person to critique, he is a terrible writer. Once I accepted that he was a terrible writer, I actually found him easier to read, because what makes him inaccessible is his own tendency to self contradict in the name of making his point, however he often hides his point as a result

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I haven't watched the complete documentary yet, but I already know this is a banger!

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You are a hidden jewel in a world of chaotic, baseless and unstructured content. Never stop doing what you do. I can't wait to finish watching this masterpiece

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Well balance of masculine and feminine

[@JeremyWilson-ch1yg]

It's the empathy that can bring me to tears of happiness of the truth

[@JeremyWilson-ch1yg]

Its cause we are all siblings of Christ to be of god Christ don't want on the pedestal but brother let's walk together

[@JeremyWilson-ch1yg]

This has benn me for 42 years now the muse Egyptian goddess. Jesus before Christ was god as one after cross it's the soul with in us when law is back in God's hands do we speak of Horus or will it be with Christ.

[@aaronanytime8897]

This piece has only masterpiece elements.

[@accountabilitypartnerscomm7635]

Very well done. Spinoza alludes to the Absolute by identifying the tree: whereas Hegel describes the details of the leaves on the tree -- and also clarifies the tree.

[@hudsonwaves1690]

An interesting, ancient view is the leaves, the tree are creations of the mind. There is no leaf without a tree and no tree without an earth. I add that a soaked “tree” in a river is a tree? It is mostly water, no? All is one and the illusion of the mind is to define its parts and see “reality.” Not an easy understanding to grok, but makes complete sense. We create our reality, then write books on what we defined.

[@soggmeisterlasagnagarfield]

Riddle me this Hegel! A girl wants my number and holds my hand, laughs at my stupid jokes, and so on. I explain to her Divine violence, why revolutionary terror is absolutely necessary and correct, and try to do you a solid and explain the dialectic, but prolly in the most incoherent manner. She listens and is interested, then I explain to her the ugly truth of social democracy and she understands. Then I ask her to hang out and she ghosts me. Do I perform negation of the negation and chase her? You’ve ruined my life.

[@cheri238]

Lmao 🤣

[@OllieBakker]

The woman holds your hand, laughs at your jokes, and shows an interest in you, presumbably a reasonably attractive male. You then try to deflect from what is actually happening in the moment. She ghosts you. Yes, you perform a negation of the negation and your Aufhebung is to hold to the real biological reality of procreation and child rearing. Or, you can be afraid of that kind of commitment and keep deflecting & avoiding the obvious!

[@soggmeisterlasagnagarfield]

@@OllieBakker except what was in the moment was in fact the present state of things, class society, its lamentations, its abolition, and revolutionary terror. I think it’s because I made a Hitler (Proudhon) joke that she prolly didn’t get…. (Her brother is along the lines of a Proudhonian).

[@Prprpsksks]

I just started today watching videos explaining hegel and i was left hopeless. This is a fkn miracle

[@YTwoKay]

Known about him for a while but was doing a deep dive this week. No clue how Then & Now is reading our minds. Also, this is a great lecture on Hegel and history: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lanFi62umtlsedU Michael Sugrue's lectors are a god-send.

[@Prprpsksks]

@@YTwoKay thanks a lot

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I'm 32 minutes in and I can already feel that this will be a mind altering, bending, and profound piece if I can take it all in, which so far so good. I must hit the pause button though, because it's past midnight and I will lose focus if I keep on going. I've been following you for a number of years now, and I feel guilty of not being a patreon supporter. I can't give much, but for what you have given me, I owe you treasure in return. I will get that Patreon going when I get up in the morning. I implore all who appreciate the quality and quantity of this channel to do the same. I love philosophy, and no one gave me more of that ability than this channel.

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I was the editor for this video and just wanted to say thank you for leaving this comment, makes me feel very proud!

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@@PaulLupascu Fantastic work, my friend. This channel, more than any of the many I sub to deserves to be picked up by a major outfit.

[@epiphanyx3705]

Did you do that yet? As the imploring of others to think as you do came in the same sentence.

[@user-yn8lu9lx2j]

I have never read Hegel. But this video made me realize how much of my perceptions and ideas have roots on him...

[@gustav1806]

The quality of your videos are just so good man! Keep it up!

[@QuintessentialQs]

Oh my God, thank you so much for this video! I've been reading The Phenomenology on and off for about 5 years now. I keep coming back to it, getting a little farther and then starting all over again. And my biggest fear as I've gotten to understand it (I haven't made it further than the end of Reason) is that I'm understanding it completely wrongly. I think I get it, and then I feel this intense doubt, like I'm just projecting things that aren't there or reading this ludicrously dense text incorrectly. And often I don't terribly agree with Findlay's commentary that I've occasionally paired with it. But 25 minutes into the video, and here you are describing EXACTLY what I had gotten from the early parts of Sense Certainty. I nearly cried. It's just so validating to see that I am at least somewhat on the right track when it comes to reading and comprehending the text. It can be alienating trying to read philosophy texts outside of a classroom with no one else to discuss the text with, no professor to ask clarifying questions, no feedback of any kind. And it can feel like I'm slipping into a totally idiosyncratic or solipsistic view on the work. But I also want to be able to read the text for myself and not stuck in a loop of reading more commentary than the actual thing.

[@QuintessentialQs]

Now I feel like I shouldn't go farther into your video than "Reason" and come back when I've finished it. I don't want to be too influenced by your reading. I feel emboldened that the hard-won comprehension I got so far on the text is worth the effort. And Sense Certainty is definitely the least hard part to get and least complex.

[@mindsindialogue]

You have described the very tension of reason within my finite spirit, to use Hegelian notion here. Reading philosophy outside of a curriculum, or even for self torturing pleasure, leaves me in a local world, with no other who can critique, re-affirm or to have ascendening dialect to greater synthesis; so to know if my, what is perceived to me--as you alluded correctly--as solipsistic, thought is correct or erroneous.

[@QuintessentialQs]

@@mindsindialogue I've tried getting my favorite interlocuters among my friends to read Hegel so we can compare notes, but no one wants to, lol.

[@mindsindialogue]

@@QuintessentialQs similarly, I have tried to introduce philosophy my parents, with whom I often participate in a dialogue; I failed miserably. Send me your notes, if interested.

[@richgreen3459]

You nearly made me cry, lol love it.

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Can't wait to watch this one

[@nikk9277]

This is just incredible, I think we need Hegel now more than ever . Thank you for all the effort that goes into a production like this

[@PaulThronson]

Few people I encounter practice critical thinking more or less try to understand Hegel but your statement is so interesting, I have to beg you to clarify further if you would be so kind

[@veredit]

Thank you so much for this one.

[@seanballinger9539]

I’m so impressed by you. Your work has had a profound effect on my philosophy. Keep it up!

[@organicod2438]

I like how you flipped the reflection shot, so that our initial recognition of the real you was actually the reflection of you. Quite artistic.

[@johnchatz]

Great staff!waiting a video for Wittgenstein also!

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I second this

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The best documentary about Hegel ever made. Congratulations, you guys made an awesome job.

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This is gem !

[@tim_-hd8vs]

oh god, an amazing video. In a month, I will start studying philosophy in Frankfurt. I am already dreading reading such difficult texts as from hegel. In recent weeks I took a break and didnt read, watch or list to much philosphy. But this video greatly motivated me. And though I am personally mainly interested in the intersection of philosophy and politics, I feel once again why I still wanna pursue philosphy in general as well. Thank you, this was an evening/night well spend

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FFM Gang

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Start reading, this will be your job for the next few years anyways. But don’t wait for the perfect lectures, just read. I met some philosophers from Frankfurt, it is a great university to study philosophy.

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I already study philosophy...and his videos are a tool for me to understand clearly whaqt they teach us..

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Schopenhauer is raging over this drivel, and he's right to.

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Love your work man, keep it up!

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Right on! Thanks so much for this in depth review of Hegel. It's been too long since I read his 1807 magnum opus.

[@Anonymous-vx4yh]

I finally managed to finish the entire Phenomenology of Spirit yesterday, after years of attempting. This video has helped me so much in giving me an overview of WHAT HEGEL'S PROJECT WAS, I am very thankful that such a cohesive and aesthetic content of Hegel is available for free!

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For free for free for free. Does knowledge come down to sheckles alone ?

[@soronoc]

Thank you. I've had this on my screen for a few days and chipped away at it. I'll watch it in full at the weekend. I'm dipping my toe in philosophy to grasp the forces that seem to be pulling on us all, and your channel has been an excellent way to get started.

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I thought I was wise enough to not have an existential crisis again in my life but, here we are 😅

[@_PanchoVilla]

It's inevitable for our type. How to react when staring into the abyss is what defines us.

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I know, right? Here is me at 4:00am looking for this comment. First time getting to know a bit of Hegel and what can I say? This hurts differently….

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What a gargantuan project and so well executed. Amazing work.

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Good golly I've been looking forward to this. I just finished Soll's little book on Hegel's Metaphysics (finished - never said understood) and am happy for more Hegel content. This channel is consistently wonderful.

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Congratulations on being fearless. I also think that what you understood through reading is still an understanding. You peeled a few layers off and now it’s a bit easier to peel even more

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Your videos just keep getting better and better. One of the most valuable subscriptions I’ve ever made. Thank you.

[@latifoljic]

Love this video so much. I'm honestly amazed at how well you've explained Hegel's ideas in only 2 hours. Thanks for teaching us!

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another incredible explanation of an extremely complex subject - thanks so much for your work

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Your work is truly invigorating. I appreciate the quality of thought you bring to these essential ideas and questions.

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Hegel got big balls

[@avialerivas]

Just to tell you and being honest... this is the best exposition about Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit. Thereby, congratulations on this work and keep producing this philosophical series/videos. I'd love to have seen this video when I was deeply knowing Hegel's philosophy.

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Hegel rebirth

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The amount of research and organizing you had to do to make this documentary is astonishing. Thank you.

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A Hegel documentary? Damn, amazing, thanks again.

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What a great content!!! Inspiring as always! Keep doing the great work 😊

[@thall77795]

The Science of Logic is among the best philosophical works of all time. Horribly and unjustifiably ignored. Would highly recommend.

[@Synodalian]

There's good skepticism for why it's ignored (once you completely exclude the Analytic Tradition's explicit rejection of and failure to grasp Hegel's project): If the thesis it holds is true, it can literally revolutionize the entire modern paradigm of religion, philosophy, _and_ science and actually open the way to not simply _a,_ but _the_ Theory of Everything. Hegel's entire system was an attempt at that. He wanted to provide a purely immanent development of Logic _into_ the sciences of Nature (Applied Mathematics, Physics/Chemistry, Biology) _and_ consequently Spirit (Psychology, Jurisprudence/Political Science, Art/Philosophy/Science as such), and the only way he saw to achieve that was by literally reinventing the foundations of logical reason through Plato's dialectic, built on further through Kant. What all that specifically means in the context of today's academic fields is that he wanted to develop an absolutely _a priori_ rational science, a conception that outright contradicts the foundation of everything that comprises today's empirical sciences dating back to Francis Bacon through the help of Aristotle's _Posterior Analytics._ Nothing I say here is to suggest that Hegel is a crackpot who believed he could achieve absolute knowledge of everything (science _always_ continues to expand in its knowledge), but it _does_ imply that Hegel is yet even more radical than he is already hinted to be in his project. To give you just a taste of just how radical his project is, the _Science of Logic_ was explicitly meant to develop all of ontology, metaphysics and logic totally _without_ any axioms. Now take the completion of that one Logic, and then go on to develop _all_ the knowledge we take for granted and _will_ continue to create, under a unified rational lens. _That_ is what he is really all about.

[@thall77795]

@@Synodalian I'm not sure what your problem with Hegel is here. Insofar as empirical science thinks, it necessarily must work in terms of categories expounded in philosophy. Insofar as Hegel's method holds, I don't think anyone gets out of that. Insofar as todays sciences can't get on board with this, that's the degree to which they are irrational. That's never philosophy's problem.

[@mustyHead6]

​@@Synodalianhegel isn't trying to create the world apriori, he just wants to show necessity in the world. Why the absolute idea has to manifests itself into space time, matter, forces, chemicals, life, consciousness, self consciousness, religion, and ultimately philosophy. On the other hand, it is the job empirical sciences to show how it happens, which chemicals give rise to which which other ones etc. Both philosophy and sciences have different aims for hegel, and he explicitly says philosophy shouldn't come in to teach sciences

[@Synodalian]

@@thall77795 I agree even more on your point than you'd think. My point is that _not only_ does empirical science rely on philosophy for its very substance of reasoning, but philosophy in its _full development_ through dialectical reason literally _is_ science in its true form. In other words, according to Hegel what we call "empirical science" today is a misnomer: it literally _isn't_ science but is rather a pragmatically arranged consensus of contingent knowledge built on the presupposed and _unproven_ foundations of empiricism dating back to Francis Bacon. It's precisely not philosophical and, therefore, scientific _enough._

[@Synodalian]

@@mustyHead6 I'm curious about that remark, where did he say that philosophy shouldn't teach the sciences?

[@rishabhaniket1952]

Appreciate the effort that might have gone into it man. Congratulations.

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Best philosophy channel on KZbin, hands down.

[@WitOn4Wheelz]

This is a phenomenal production and the way you've done it truly explains Hagel's philosophies and theories so much better than just reading the book! Could you imagine if this guy had any clue about quantum mechanics!?

[@DrakeMonroe]

First exposure to Hegel and you are giving a great explanation. Ty bunches, Fam! One Love.

[@simonrudduck8726]

This is an extraordinary piece. I will be watching a couple more times and then diving into Hegel. Thank you!

[@khana.713]

I just have to express appreciation for visualizing concepts discussed. Clearly done with intention and effort for the viewer to be able to understand easily, granted they pay attention. Really good shit bro.

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This is a masterwork. Thank you very much for your contributions, it certainly will bring a lot to a wider, curious audience and excise these ideas from the ivory tower of academia.

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Thanks to you I wont need some LSD to understand hegel's philosophy

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You rock! 😁. Hegel has always scared me so keen. Been a big fan thanks for videos!

[@handeggchan1057]

Hegel is so difficult - I found him harder to read than a lot of the graduate level mathematics I studied in school - but you did an amazing job explaining him. I have a friend who is a philosophy professor and definitely going to show him this video too (he loved the one on Kant)

[@chriswest8389]

Graduate level math. I stand corrected. You need a genious level I.Q to understand it. Sounds like the first post modernist

[@chriswest8389]

@@Sky_flying2024 yeah, but does even the A.I understand Hegel? Lol.Does Hegel even understand himself. God only knows for sure.

[@bulkzorage]

Great stuff , I'm on my 3rd watch through and will be watching it a 4th time too. So many good things to think about. Ty for this ❤

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This was amazing, wow. Great video on Hegel, I love your work.

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Hell of a Hegel summary. Subscribed

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This wonderful document is almost about every thing, science, cosmology, philosophy, mediation, and thinking outside the box, thanks for the efforts 👏💞

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Thank you Lewis for your work. Excellent!

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OMG, I cannot believe you did this. Thank you for hearing me out.

[@hhgonzal]

My deepest gratitude for making this video. "The dialect posits the universal, then returns again to the particular." The content itself is an example of this. Well done.

[@javalgandha8881]

This was incredible and needs multiple rewatches!! ... cannot wait for the guide video on Marx!!

[@hfo9970]

At around 02:01:20 you mentioned the fact that a lot of the newer generation is trying to understand the 20th century, which I can agree on from experience. This made me realise that it is inevitable that the messy unfolding of the 20th century is to be studied so carefully, as this could be the workings of Geist trying to understand its own wickedness that resulted from its freedom. I also think that both Hegel and especially Heidegger is very overhated in Anglo-speaking countries due to the language-barrier with German. Philosophy is also something you must feel, and German philosophy feels like the clarification of knowledge you already possessed, true understanding. The English translation of German philosophy does not contain the same level of instinctive understanding unfortunately. Therefore, is there also a visual guide to Heidegger coming someday? These videos are absolutely extraordinary and I think Heidegger's philosophy is one of the most important of all time!

[@thephilosophicalagnostic2177]

I've learned so much about Hegel, a philosopher whose thoughts have attracted me for years. Thank you.

[@mapleandsteel]

The Bhagavad Gita's influence on him should not be lost in time!

[@unified2002]

And he discrediting Indian philosophy too hastily and damaging the reputation too.

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King of dropping a thought bomb then walking away from the camera

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A 2-hour video discussing about a philosopher? You spoil us Then & Now.

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I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS!!! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU

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Got around to watching this. Deserves many more views. Great effort went into this, problem for many would be length. Pity because it is pretty damn good, and that's an big understatement.

[@evelynramos445]

We are one within it

[@avicennam7708]

Good stuff my man. This is a good show of true philosophy.

[@Tapahtumahorisontti]

"Angry red-eyed Hegel cannot hurt you, he isn't real" Angry red-eyed Hegel:

[@H.J.G]

Thank you so much this was the clarity I needed.

[@Knaeben]

I never really understood Western philosophy in depth until I studied Buddhism in detail. You can see how they struggled with the ideas Buddhism deals with. The identity of relative (particular) and absolute is referred to as the Two Truths in Buddhism. Everyone who wants deeper perspective would do good to have a basic knowledge of Nagarjuna's *Mulamadyamikakarika.*

[@ppike__]

Yeah I do wonder how much eastern influence was swept under the rug or used as secret sources, considering Buddhist translations had reached Europe by the middle ages. There is also a common thread, in particular German thinkers that took interest in eastern texts, Leibniz, Müller, Nietzsche, possibly Schopenhauer. The I-Ching clearly made an impact, first translated by Jesuits and shared with Leibniz. The first publications were in Germany.

[@gyurilajos7220]

My reading is that Hegel is a Hermiticist inspired by TAOism life affirming not craving for transcendence wrapped up in Death Cults. In his lectures makes short shrift of Eastern Philosophies but runs with them. affirms the dignity of being meaning concepts runs with

[@Knaeben]

@@gyurilajos7220 The information they had back then about Buddhism was completely unreliable and inaccurate. I'm more referring to how Western philosophy closes in on the same ideas that Buddhism addresses, not any specific mentioning of Eastern philosophy Hegel made.

[@evelynramos445]

Freedom on the line

[@nitesoundsyt]

I only wish I could have watched this on the big screen. Epic work!

[@wheresmyeyebrow1608]

I love he keeps talking to the camera and then walking away

[@kajsa.]

very cool video, incredibly insightful, I do not believe I got everything but ill definitely come back to this video many times to try to absorb all the dense shit. Thank you lots for what you do here! ❤

[@scriabinismydog2439]

Keep up the good work!

[@0150Tricia]

I think the idea of our oneness with the universe has been around forever. Primitive man probably experienced it , knew it. Mary Baker Eddy in the 19th century declared "God is all in all". She recognized we are not separate from the infinite. Thank you for this wonderful overview of Hegel's ideas.

[@muhammadayazkhan5963]

I have never seen such great content before on KZbin. Great work !!!!!!!!

[@glatzo7709]

Hyped for the algo

[@sfaxo]

"Indeed, the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom" -Hegel. Beautiful work!

[@theacidblue2928]

Dude I had Hegel a lot in school. To be honest he is so hard to learn but easy to dig. You make it sound so easy, thank you!

[@wreaverfizzlefen3234]

Yeah...I'm definitely going to need to watch this at least two more times until I get it...

[@chadmarx7718]

Algo support!!

[@thatguyyoudontknow2962]

chad≠Marx

[@chadmarx7718]

@@thatguyyoudontknow2962 correct. He is gigachad, rather