Hegelianism is often attacked for totalitarianism or necessitarianism, that is, that there is one linear development to history or freedom, with the ‘West’ seen as the end-all-be-all of the progressions conclusion.
Though one may find many passages in Hegel’s works stating something like this, is this actually the case according to the speculative method and its consequences?
In modern times it is not so rare to hear of de-conversion from religious theism towards atheism by way of experienced disappointment and/or reason. In churches it is also not so rare to hear of conversion to religious theism from atheism by way of experience, … Continue reading From Atheism to Theism: My Personal Journey
[Traduzido por V. S. Conttren, Maio 2022. DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/NRTM4.] O que Hegel quer dizer com ‘negação’? Como as suas três negações se relacionam com as nossas noções cotidianas de tal estrutura ou dinâmica? Como todas as coisas Hegelianas, não é algo assim tão estranho como … Continue reading Negações Hegelianas: Abstrata, Determinada, e Absoluta
Because freedom does not know itself as free in the beginning, and initially does not even search itself out insofar as it does not experience its material and mental existence as a black iron cage, mistakes of the most extreme proportions and positions must come … Continue reading The Conceptual Degrees of Freedom
Know Thyself In the ancient tale of Oedipus Rex it is stated that above the entrance of the Oracle of Delphi was written the command, “Know thyself.” Much earlier this command is said to have also been inscribed upon the Temple of Luxor in Egypt. … Continue reading The Idea of Philosophy: Becoming Free
The All of Everything: The Universal Individuality Freedom is self-determination. That which determines and that which is determined are one and the same. For the free being there is no source of being, cause, form, or content, that is an other to it. Freedom as … Continue reading The Idea of Philosophy: The Individuality of Freedom
Speculative Mathematics Hegel picks out for his prime example the pythagorean triangle. The complete determination of a general triangle, Hegel explains, requires at least 3 determinations: 1 line and 2 angles, or two lines and 1 angle. When lacking a determination, or having too few, … Continue reading Speculative Mathematics: The Triangle
The Empyrean Trail 