Hegel
Spirit philosophy founder
Hegel refers to Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831), the German philosopher whose work shaped much of modern Western thought.
His system centers on dialectical reasoning—the idea that contradictions drive progress toward higher understanding.
Hegelian philosophy influenced thinkers from Marx to existentialists.
I'm rereading Hegel on the master-slave dialectic.
Logical argument through opposition
- idealismBelief in noble principles
- absoluteTotal, without qualification
- phenomenologyStudy of subjective experience
- metaphysicsPhilosophy of existence's nature
ontology · epistemology · logic · ethics · aesthetics · synthesis · negation · thesis
Former German kingdom
- BerlinGermany's largest city
- StuttgartSouthwestern German metropolis
- HeidelbergBaden-Württemberg university city
- KantGerman Enlightenment thinker
Fichte · Goethe · Romanticism · Enlightenment · Lutheranism · Reformation · gymnasium · Prussian
Academic argument requiring defense
- antithesisDirect opposite; contrasting juxtaposition
- synthesisCombining parts into whole
- negationDenial or cancellation
- contradictionOpposing claims, incompatible together
resolution · progression · development · becoming · mediation · opposition · reconciliation · triadic
German economic philosopher
- KierkegaardDanish existentialist theologian
- existentialismPhilosophy stressing self-created meaning
- phenomenologyStudy of subjective experience
- AdornoFrankfurt School theorist
Sartre · Heidegger · Bradley · Marxism · materialism
Total, without qualification
- objectivePurpose or goal
- spiritSoul, mood, or liquor
- mindSeat of consciousness
- conceptAbstract mental construct
reality · subjective · transcendental · being · essence · notion · actuality · rationality
dialectic
Logical argument through opposition
- idealismBelief in noble principles
- absoluteTotal, without qualification
- phenomenologyStudy of subjective experience
metaphysics · ontology · epistemology · logic · ethics · aesthetics · synthesis · negation · thesis · antithesis
Prussia
Former German kingdom
- BerlinGermany's largest city
- StuttgartSouthwestern German metropolis
- HeidelbergBaden-Württemberg university city
Kant · Fichte · Goethe · Romanticism · Enlightenment · Lutheranism · Reformation · gymnasium · Prussian · Germanic
thesis
Academic argument requiring defense
- antithesisDirect opposite; contrasting juxtaposition
- synthesisCombining parts into whole
- negationDenial or cancellation
contradiction · resolution · progression · development · becoming · mediation · opposition · reconciliation · triadic · process
Marx
German economic philosopher
- KierkegaardDanish existentialist theologian
- existentialismPhilosophy stressing self-created meaning
- phenomenologyStudy of subjective experience
Adorno · Sartre · Heidegger · Bradley · Marxism · materialism
absolute
Total, without qualification
concept · reality · subjective · transcendental · being · essence · notion · actuality · rationality · self-determination
- 1800s FiguresDarwin, Marx, Dickens, Beethoven, Napoleon
- German FiguresOtto von Bismarck, Bach, Beethoven, Albert Einstein, Goethe
- thinkersthinkers, thinker, philosophers, philosopher, Aristotle
- FilosofiKant, Nietzsche, Marx, Spinoza, Locke
- philosophyethics, logic, metaphysics, ontology, epistemology
- 1800s GermanyBismarck, Prussia, German unification, German Confederation, Congress of Vienna
HegelBertrand Russell
Kierkegaard · A.J. Ayer · Wittgenstein · Nietzsche · empiricism
HegelMarx
German economic philosopher
Engels · physicalism · Hobbes · Democritus · nominalism
HegelBertrand Russell
David Hume · John Stuart Mill · Voltaire · Nietzsche · Schopenhauer