李榮添 : 歷史之理性 -- 黑格爾歷史哲學導論述析 ( Hoffmeister, Nisbet)

李榮添 : 歷史之理性 -- 黑格爾歷史哲學導論述析 ( Hoffmeister, Nisbet)
excerpted from Lectures on the Philosophy of World History : Introduction : Reason in History. Hoffmeister ed. tr. by Nisbet.
( Nisbet, page 60 )

page 60
1. In a moribund state such as this, a nation may ever prosper, although it no longer participates in the life of the Idea.

2. Transience ( 稍縱即逝 ) of everything may well distress us, but in a profounder sense, we realise that it is necessary in relation to the higher Idea of the spirit.

3. the individual national spirit is subject to transience. it perishes, loses its world-historical significance, and ceases to be the bearer of he highest concept the spirit has formed of itself.

4. But since the nation is a universal, a collective, a further determinant comes into play.

5. As a collective, the national spirit exists for itself; this also means that the universal aspect of its existence may assume a role of OPPOSITION (對立 ).
Its NEGATIVE (否定的 ) side manifests itself; thought rises above the nations' immediate functions.

6. But there is a further category beyond that of transience, for death is followed by new life.


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