You are viewing the historical archive of The Philosophy Forum.
For current discussions, visit the live forum.
Go to live forum

Amity

Comments

Interesting story. If I understand correctly, then I agree. The tools you forged yourself could be a direct copy, an imitation of the original product...
August 06, 2019 at 14:57
Exchange of letters between Hegel and Goethe. Did Hegel appropriate Goethe's idea ? https://ethicalpolitics.org/ablunden/works/on-hegel.htm No 43 Goet...
August 05, 2019 at 11:58
Yes. Such criticism ( and more ) is supported by others more articulate than whot I am. For example, 'In the Spirt of Hegel' by Robert Solomon. https:...
August 05, 2019 at 08:29
Thanks for explanation and point to ponder on our path. It's good to linger a while. The idea of the 'path', I think was first introduced in para 12. ...
August 04, 2019 at 08:55
Eh ? :chin: Huh ? :confused: OK... :nerd:
August 03, 2019 at 14:13
I don't know. I doubt it is exactly Hegel's approach. Goethe wasn't such a brilliant, mad philosopher. It would be interesting to see how they compare...
August 03, 2019 at 14:04
Para 26 Oh no, not your blood - that is a sacrifice too far ! Perhaps we could all chip in...and pray for a positive outcome. Why Kierkegaard and not ...
August 03, 2019 at 08:26
Yes. That is word for word translation. So, no difficulties there. I guess there was more to it. Anti-religion ? What comes first...not words. Nor a B...
August 02, 2019 at 21:19
Depends what you mean by 'the concept'. If Man does not engender the concept, then who ? God ? Or what ? Cosmic Consciousness ?
August 02, 2019 at 18:32
No, I don't think that's it. Goethe was a poet and thinker. Faust was the character trying to translate the New Testament into German. From what I rem...
August 02, 2019 at 18:24
And here, the concept of Bildung : ( discussed earlier, para 21 )
August 02, 2019 at 14:27
When I think of spirit, beginnings and qualitative leaps, Goethe comes to mind. With his: In the beginning was the act. Im Anfang war die Tat - Faust....
August 02, 2019 at 14:21
Yes. It is about the testing of ideas or concepts. The dance of the dialectic. https://www.marxist.com/science-old/dialecticalmaterialism.html I think...
August 02, 2019 at 08:44
As already discussed, the movement of history is central to Hegel's system. Of course, there are matters of 'scale' within this. Paraphrasing some pre...
August 02, 2019 at 08:36
If he is with us in spirit :halo: then he is also in purgatory :groan: Then again, he could be :rofl:
August 01, 2019 at 14:41
In: Brexit  — view comment
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/aug/01/so-project-fear-was-in-fact-reality-readers-on-no-deal-brexit-funding * The magic money tree "Theresa...
August 01, 2019 at 11:35
OK. Good examples of individuals getting caught up in events outwith their control. Within which there is still that search - desire - for freedom, pr...
August 01, 2019 at 09:24
So, are you saying you don't know about - or recognise - the importance of culture ? What particular notion of 'culture' do you have difficulty with ?...
July 30, 2019 at 08:53
Interesting to read of this translation. However, as you say it is ambiguous. Within a specific passage it could and probably does take on the particu...
July 30, 2019 at 08:40
Thanks for good advice. I am hoping that the 'Useful Hints and Tips' section is expanded/updated so that there is a permanent place for such. There ar...
July 29, 2019 at 07:23
Oh Wow ! Fight back. Media and Democrats lead response to Trump’s racist Cummings attack
July 28, 2019 at 16:14
So, we should thank our lucky stars ? For the 'few' - who knew what to do? And the opposing view ? :smile: I am beginning to enjoy Hegel. Worth the ef...
July 28, 2019 at 15:04
Hah. Talk about circling back... We kinda skipped over that right at the beginning. (Amidst the confusion of Kaufmann v Pinkard and their different pa...
July 28, 2019 at 14:28
Funny. Boris morphs into Trump. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jul/28/dude-i-take-no-pleasure-in-having-been-right-about-boris-johnson...
July 28, 2019 at 13:23
It is not the capacity for rationality but the culturally formed and educated rationality that allows the person to become for herself what she is in ...
July 28, 2019 at 11:39
At first glance the quote looks to be the words of tim wood. As suggested before, to avoid any confusion on requotes, it is good to give Hegel his due...
July 28, 2019 at 10:26
Indeed. Perhaps. However, the Preface is by its very nature limited. For a more expansive, possibly clearer view, we would need to read the chapter on...
July 28, 2019 at 09:08
OK. It would be helpful if you could expand on this objection. If this is about the Master/Slave dialectic, then there are many views and interpretati...
July 28, 2019 at 08:47
Well, we are roughly a quarter of the way up the mountain. And sidetracks have been explored. Good to have a picnic break to survey the scenery. I wil...
July 27, 2019 at 08:32
:up: In a nutshell.
July 27, 2019 at 08:22
:up: Channel 4 news, interviewers and interviews.The best. Even the weather forecast :cool: Edit to add: I note we can subscribe to this. https://www....
July 27, 2019 at 08:18
Really ? You don't think they would make a devilish pact with the Tories again ? Ah sorry - this was about being an anti-Brexit Conservative. You're r...
July 27, 2019 at 08:15
I do. And I will watch this later. The debate is mentioned here in an excellent article. Heading: The prime minister has a bust of his Greek hero in N...
July 27, 2019 at 08:13
Thank you. Appearance can be deceptive ! Tsk, tsk ! :wink:
July 26, 2019 at 19:42
Would you go to the Restaurant at the End of the Universe ? Yes. That is what drew me in. The first mouthwatering bite...and then look what happened.....
July 26, 2019 at 19:37
Now this captured my attention. I am very fond of Goethe. Having read one or two pieces of his literary work, I hadn't thought of Goethe in terms of G...
July 26, 2019 at 19:22
Well, there is nothing new here in the sense that I still don't get it no matter how often he may repeat himself. This: I have read this and similar p...
July 26, 2019 at 11:25
I am returning to para 17, Preface. I didn't quite catch the importance of this on my first skim through. Appreciate Fooloso4's thought here: Thanks f...
July 26, 2019 at 11:01
The term or idea of 'development' usually has positive connotations but not always. What do you mean by it ? What 'condition' are you talking about ? ...
July 26, 2019 at 05:05
Perhaps you are right. However, I read it that the inequality remains when the roles are reversed. Yes, the relationship develops over time. Rockmore ...
July 25, 2019 at 17:41
'The process of becoming aware of the other' seems central to Hegel's theory. We only become self-aware or self-conscious via our relationships to oth...
July 25, 2019 at 14:08
Thanks. I would be grateful if you could provide a reference for this.
July 25, 2019 at 09:00
Hegel deals with the world and consciousness at different levels. Thinking is part of being in the world. It includes and leads to all kinds of knowle...
July 25, 2019 at 08:45
What a strange phrase. How can Hegel cast loose from the world when he is in it ? * How can a chair self-posit ? There is no consciousness.
July 24, 2019 at 23:40
I agree. We can't discard this. It is part of a 3 stage process. Leading to knowing ? Truth ? 1. Immediacy comes first. If it means intuitive and simp...
July 24, 2019 at 23:09
I don't understand this. Would it be possible to give a practical example of how this operates ? From Gardner's glossary: NEGATIVE, NEGATION, NEGATIVI...
July 24, 2019 at 09:26
Yes. Thanks for picking up my lazy point and expanding.
July 24, 2019 at 08:40