Notes on the basics of Hegel
Notes on Hegel “The truth is the whole”. Dialectics takes on several different meanings in philosophy. To look at a proposition, a thesis, and to find its opposite, the antithesis, and to combine them to create a brand-new idea, the synthesis, therefore the truth is the whole, a dynamic thinking. Truth is not found in isolated concepts or ideas, but in their relation to the broader context of reality or history. This idea is central to his dialectical method. Hegel's philosophy, dialectics is a method for resolving contradictions or oppositions within concepts or ideas. It involves a process of negation, sublation, and synthesis that is more complex than just finding an opposite and combining it. Hegel believed that history is the story of the geist , or absolute spirit, moving through human affairs and what mankind has become made aware of. The spirit is not a passive observer of history, but an active force that drives its development for self-expression or freedom. Hegel being...