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. The result of this process is there that the spirit, as it OBJECTIVISES itself and becomes AWARE of ( 察覺 ) its objective being, destroys the determinate aspect of its being on the one hand and comprehends its universal aspect on th other, thereby giving its principle a NEW determination.

2. -- the idea of TRANSITION

3. The individual goes through various stages of developmetn as single unit and RETAINS his individual identity.

4. We an see in this the inner or conceptual necessity by which such changes are governed.

5. The life of the nation brings a fruit to maturity, for its ACTIVITY is directed towards the fulfilment of its principle.

6. This fruit does not, however, fallback into the womb from which it emerged; the nation itself is not permitted to enjoy it, but must taste it instead in th form of a bitter graught.

7. It cannot refuse to drink it, for it has an infinite thirst for it, but the price of its satisfaction is its OWN annihilation 毀滅 ( although it also heralds ( 預示...的來臨 )the birth of a NEW principle.)

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