Hegel Phenomenology Of Spirit

Hegel

Phenomenology of Spirit

( Tashi Namgyal 2014 )

INTRODUCTION: The evolution of the spirit and The Nature of Absolute: Introduction: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, founder of his own school of Hegelianism and who is often sometimes known as Aristotle of modern times was a German philosopher of early 19th century. He wrote Phenomenology, a Greek word first used by Plato, < phenomenon and logy > is the study of appearance. 'Phenomenon' is a word, which refers to appearances. The question of reality, whether it exists the way it appears to us or it's different how we see it, is not only a big debate but very central to both Western and Indian Philosophy. The tension for many Western Philosophers, which arose from philosophers like the Kantian

The phenomenology of mind is the study of appearances throughout the history of human consciousness, homo sapiens begins to think, as the evolution of consciousness. Nor is a chronological history that he means. Consciousness goes through many stages. This is like the theory of the levels of mental evolution, from lower stage of consciousness to higher stages of consciousness, but unlike many Indian Tradition like and many other Western Philosophers who are reductionist, Hegel is holist.

Absolute is the truth or maybe the ultimate truth of the object, but to know it, a mind plays a vital role. Phenomena are appearances. Where is the reality? In Hegel's view, probably unique in Western Philosophy, we can only know Reality when we have completely understood the appearances. The appearances (phenomena) partially hide and partially reveal Reality (Geist). Absolute is to be understood as both Substance and Subject - that is, both as having a determinate nature / passive, and as being active. Its substantial aspect, he holds, consists of the 'system of reason', the system of thought- forms which constitute the Begriff or

How is 'negativity' to be understood, in relation to these other nations? To begin with: 'negativity' for Hegel - reasonably enough- is the opposite of 'positivity'; and as Hegel uses the latter term, something has the character of 'positivity', or is 'positive', to the extent that it has a determinate content or form. Now, in the context of the substance-subject distinction, the aspect of the Absolute with the character of 'positivity' is its substance aspect. Hegel wishes to distinguish between it and the subject-aspect of the Absolute, even though he also holds that they are simply different aspects of one and the same ultimate principle. Absolute contains two elements, subject and substance. Absolute is the fundamental principle of the reality. According to my way of seeing, which must justify itself only through the exhibition of the system itself, everything depends on comprehending and expressing the true not as substance, but equally also as a