Spirit
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Spirit is a central philosophical concept in Hegelian thought, denoting the dynamic, self-developing reality of human consciousness, culture, and freedom.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
central concept in Hegelian philosophy
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key concept in German Idealism → philosophical concept → |
| aimsAt |
realization of freedom
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self-knowledge → |
| alsoKnownAs |
Geist
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| centralWorkDiscussedIn |
Elements of the Philosophy of Right
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Encyclopaedia of the Philosophical Sciences → Phenomenology of Spirit → |
| contrastedWith |
mere individual subjectivity
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| coreMeaning |
dynamic self-developing reality of human consciousness
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self-developing reality of culture → self-developing reality of freedom → |
| developedBy |
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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| developsThrough |
conflict and reconciliation
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dialectical process → historical development → |
| field |
metaphysics
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philosophy of history → social and political philosophy → |
| hasAspect |
absolute self-knowledge in art, religion, and philosophy
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objective social institutions → subjective dimension of mind → |
| influenced |
20th-century continental philosophy
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Marxist theory of history → existentialism → later German Idealism → phenomenology → |
| languageOfTerm |
German
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| manifestsIn |
art
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individual consciousness → institutions → philosophy → religion → social practices → |
| partOf |
Hegelian system
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| relatedConcept |
Absolute
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Absolute Spirit → Objective Spirit → Subjective Spirit → World Spirit → culture → dialectic → ethical life → freedom → history → recognition → self-consciousness → |
| understoodAs |
collective human life and culture
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historical self-realization of reason → |
Referenced by (4)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Phenomenology of Mind
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centralConcept |
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Phenomenology of Spirit
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hasPart |
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Phenomenology of Mind
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hasSection |
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Spirit (Hegelian)
("Objective Spirit")
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relatedConcept |