Hegel's aesthetics 1 - some basic Hegelian concepts

This is the first of a three part discussion about some of the basic features of G.W.F. Hegel's philosophy. It focuses specifically on what he means by "rationality" "Dialectic" "history" and "Idea". These notions are put forward with an eye towards understanding the significance of art and aesthetic theory within his thinking generally.

[@thomaspayne6974]

Excellent presentation Seth. Indeed for Hegel, evolution was teleological, in that everything is ceaselessly striving towards the absolute. I see parallels here with Heraclitus, and the eternal fire; Aristotle's rational entelechy of the soul; Goethe's dualistic aesthetics (the color wheel), Pierre Teilhard de Chardin's "Omega Point" and even Nietzsche Apollonian and Dionysian "will to power" culminating in the Ubermensch. These ideas can also be considered part of the dialectic in themselves.

[@decalte]

This is amazing. I've been having trouble reading Phenomenology of Spirit and it's pretty much the core for my entire modernity class so I'm glad to find this and realize that I seem to already agree with Hegel's philosophy and that much of the difficulties can be circumvented by understanding any thesis-antithesis combo almost like a platonic form.

[@ingridcortes5436]

wow this was really informative!! easy to understand, well put and concise! i was only interested in the purely aesthetic beliefs that he held but this made me interested in other aspects of his philosophy, thank you so much for this video!!

[@alecmisra4964]

He's just a poor boy From the nineteenth century Spare him his life for his phenomenologie.

[@vladimirlukic6020]

Great video.. I didn't think it was possible to explain the key concepts of Hegelian philosophy in just 15 minutes, but, i was proven wrong. Again, great video, subscribed and looking forward to more content.

[@parsafakhar]

is there a synthesis between opposition of "false" and "true" as well?

[@sethtichenor]

@musicismypassion23 - Sure, you can quote me. I put these together for some on-line classes I was teaching, so it seems only fitting. May I ask what course/purpose the essay is being written for?

[@madelineteo9401]

great vid! Thanks for uploading!

[@manissingh7827]

Very informative and useful lecture.

[@mikkobiennana6330]

Hi Mr. Seth! May I know your specific scholarly references from which you gathered these basic notions of Hegel? Thank you!

[@sethtichenor]

@dbarnes0147 I see that you're confused, but I'm not quite sure where the confusion is. I suspect you might be misunderstanding what Hegel is getting at by "the Idea" & specifically it's role as the absolute condition for the very possibility of coherence in concepts. So, when I describe it as "evolving towards the infinite", I was trying to get at an accumulating expression of the total possibility of meaning as history moves toward realization of the Idea. But, I'm not sure that's on the mark

[@sethtichenor]

The 2nd is much closer than the 1st, but the reasoning involved in getting to some dimension of the "IDEA" is not just the individual possessing knowledge in their own mind. Instead, reasoning more akin to the access you might have to participate in a system/network & the Idea (such as it's manifested) is just the access you have to it. It seems like you're getting hung up on is how one subjective individual-i.e. one who is a "subject"-can conceptualize the infinite. He only participates.No more

[@musicismypassion23]

Oh this is part of my history of art/ philosophy degree at uni, one of my end of term essays. Question is about representation in art, I wanted to had a philosophical twist to be individual :D Thnx for the reply!

[@zacoolm]

Would love to see you talk about dialectical materialism

[@girlswithgames]

thanks, this actually made sense

[@dannyhinrichs6876]

starts at 1:54

[@divinuminfernum]

i havent read his work on art yet, though i intend to. just reading Phaenomenologie des Geistes at the moment - i havent though found yet teh use of the terms thesis and antithesis, and in fact the dialectic seems alot more complex and interesting then just this thesis-antithesis-synthesis reading - his use of negation is more prominent and not the antithesis word which sounds like an opposite, - and then in teh dialectic it moves to the negation and then to the negation of the negation, which then returns to the initial thing but changed. does he use these terms in his aesthetics lectures?

[@naturphilosophie1]

+divinuminfernum you're on the right track

[@kielrubis7984]

dont mind me just an art history student getting his mind blown. thank you.

[@musicismypassion23]

For some reason I cant post on ur channel but thank you for ur vids theyve helped, also i wonder if i can quote u in an essay of mine, obviously u will get credit in the bibliogrphy, but i need permission before i can officially do it...if u can reply before the 7th thnx!!

[@HIDEHUMAN1]

How did you complete Hegel's works?

[@KatherineApplebyIllustration]

Thank you for this! :)

[@NickSievers1]

You understand these concepts very well and I am glad for your videos to help guide my own research. I wish this information were to get out to more people, only 11k videos because your production value is low (to be painfully honest).

[@MsWestern14]

you are amazing.

[@aungphyoezin3758]

i think the opposition between white and black is maintained within the existing beliefs of the people which cant be accounted to Hegel's dialectical rationality. it goes back to the time of Plato where they would replace a thesis with an anitthesis which isnt arisen from the thesis itself. In hegel dialectics, it should be like the opposite is between white and non-white.

[@danchiappe]

Where does Hegel use the concepts of thesis, antithesis and synthesis?

[@fgdj2000]

Thanks for the video... could you clean your camera lense? :D please.

[@aororaborealis1361]

In what way Hegel's Idealism contradict with Pragmatism?

[@RareSeldas]

specifically, Hegel's response to pragmaticism wouldn't be that it's wrong but that is it isn't the whole Truth if you're thinking of pragmaticism's meaning as 'for utility'--also Hegel's true method is the speculative method

[@sethtichenor]

@1cabaretsolstice - sure Bill, go ahead. The forum space is a little limited, so if it's more extensive you might want to just send a letter to me, or contact me on facebook (if you use that). In any case, I'd be happy to hear your thoughts.

[@1cabaretsolstice]

I enjoy your videos and have a posting on your comments on Science response. Can I post it here? Bill

[@chrisscott7545]

he is handsome

[@koko20467]

Chris Scott He's rational.

[@naturphilosophie1]

its not that hegels thought of the "idea" is moving towards the infinite. he denies this early on in science of logic as the spurious infinite and as abstract and external reason. The infinite is always already present as is the finite, they are both separate and united through sublation.

[@newingvaeona8907]

Yes, that would be subjective constructivism

[@janovesakkestad7097]

I know why Hegel is being supressed he is speaking the truth or he is speaking trivial truths

[@thespiritofhegel3487]

Hegel's landlady certainly wasn't impenetrable anyway.

[@sethtichenor]

@dbarnes0147 - I'll tell you what, why don't you write to me on my e-mail [e-mail] & I'll try to help you out. Maybe we can even skype sometime, but you can give me the contact ithrough my e-mail. It's really hard to explain the nuances of Hegel in 500 characters or less. - Seth P.S. nice "lost boys" reference to; loved that movie.

[@edwidgewhatsosons1727]

Linguistic Dialectics are all based on dichotomy. It's all linearity.

[@janovesakkestad7097]

Thesis "white" Antithesis "black". Synthesis together new Thesis "grey" and a new antithesis ..

[@manissingh7827]

The lecture could have been more "to the point".

[@selwynr]

Pronounced GAY-org.