Der Geist (C. Der seiner selbst gewisse Geist. Die MoralitÃ¤t)

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*Whereas in the preceding stages of the spirit the moments of reason were taken up again in the form of a historical reality, the spirit that is certain of itself cannot be understood in this way. On the level of absolute freedom, the spirit has arrived at its self-concept. New or different historical experiences than those discussed so far can no longer contribute to this self-concept. It is not relevant to mention that Hegel would also have difficulty knowing what new historical experiences to talk about, because the French Revolution took place in the time of Hegelâs life and the terror after the French Revolution was his most recent historical experience. We have seen that the historical process in the spirit-chapter is not determined by the history of a contingent society. The criterion for the historical process has always been spiritâs development of self-awareness. A form of society that contributes to this was given a place in the historical process. It is true that the phases that are passed through have been illustrated by contingent stages of European history (the ethical world was illustrated by Greco-Roman antiquity, the realm of education by the European Middle Ages), but this does not mean that a redevelopment of this contingent history is a new historical experience in the sense that Hegel gives it. Morality, as the third stage of the spirit, is not a new historical phase, but a reflection, albeit in the form of immediacy, of the result achieved on the level of absolute freedom. When Hegel remarks that in the transition to morality the spirit passes to another country, he means the transition from France (where the French Revolution took place) to Germany. It is not a question of thinking through the historical process in Germany, but of the German philosophers (Kant and Fichte), whom Hegel includes insofar as their thinking can be understood as a direct reflection on absolute freedom.

In the further development of the moral worldview, Kantâs separation between the noumenal and the phenomenal world is abolished at the level of conscience. This repeats what was already clear before the development of absolute freedom: the substantial essence does not stand next to objective reality but conceptualizes this objective reality.

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Die PhÃ¤nomenologie des Geistes als die GeburtsstÃ¤tte der âkleinen Logikâ 2

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Series:Â Critical Studies in German Idealism, Volume: 41

Cover Die <i>PhÃ¤nomenologie des Geistes</i> als die GeburtsstÃ¤tte der âkleinen Logikâ 2

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