The Philosophy Of History by G. W. F. Hegel
A systematic interpretation of world history as a rational, teleological process in which Spirit (Geist) progressively realizes human freedom through a dialectical sequence of conflicts and reconciliations. Civilizations, institutions, and great individuals are portrayed as moments in this unfolding, where apparent contingencies and struggles are understood as necessary steps toward greater self-awareness and the institutionalization of liberty in the modern constitutional state.
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- 1837
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- Lectures on the Philosophy of History
- Lectures on the Philosophy of World History
- Vorlesungen über die Philosophie der Weltgeschichte
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