Montag, 27. September 2010

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 62 )

page 62.

1. But as soon as reflection supervened and individuals withdrew into themselves and dissociated themselves from established custom to live their OWN lives according to their OWN wishes, degeneration and contradiction arose.

2. But the spirit CANNOT remain in a state of opposition. It seeks unification, and this unification lies higher principle. History is the process whereby the spirit DISCOVERS itself and its OWN concept.

3. For there can be no consciousness of OPPOSITION (對立 ) until the principle of personal FREEDOM ( 自由, 獨立自主 ) is already present .

" to posit..." " in harmony. . . shit !"



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