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Episode 36: More Hegel on Self-Consciousness (Citizens Only)

April 10, 2011 by Mark Linsenmayer 2 Comments

Part 2 of our discussion of G.F.W. Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit, covering sections 178-230 within section B, "Self-Consciousness." Part 1 is here. First, Hegel's famous "master and slave" parable, whereby we only become fully self-conscious by meeting up with another person, who (at least in primordial times, or maybe this happens to everyone as they grow up, or maybe  Continue Reading …

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April 10, 2011 by Mark Linsenmayer 21 Comments

This is a 32-minute preview of a 1 hr, 32-minute episode.Buy Now Purchase this episode for $2.99. Or become a PEL Citizen for $5 a month, and get access to this and all other paywalled episodes, including 68 back catalogue episodes; exclusive Part 2's for episodes published after September, 2020; and our after-show Nightcap, where the guys respond to listener email and chat  Continue Reading …

Episode 35: Hegel on Self-Consciousness (Citizens Only)

April 2, 2011 by Mark Linsenmayer 2 Comments

G.F.W. Hegel

Discussing G.F.W. Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit (1807), Part B (aka Ch. 4), "Self-Consciousness," plus recapping the three chapters before that (Part A. "Consciousness"). This is discussion one of two: here we only get as far as "The Truth of Self-Certainty," i.e. sections 166-177. This is plenty, though, as this may be the most difficult text in the history of  Continue Reading …

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April 2, 2011 by Mark Linsenmayer 28 Comments

G.F.W. Hegel

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