Showing posts with label hegel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hegel. Show all posts

Sunday, November 6, 2011

And A Firm Kierkegaardian

(all of these quotes are paraphrased from memory)
Me: Why do you hate Hegel so much?
My Dad: Because he tried to systematize and explain everything. And you can't
do that.
Me: Yeah, but do you just disagree with him, or do you find that, like,
morally detestable?
My Dad: ...Morally detestable.

I'm not sure this is a fair characterization of Hegel, but I think it brings up an interesting question. Could anyone ever create a philosophy complete in breadth? Isn't the world far too large and infinite for one human to attempt to explain it all?

In class, Mr.Summers said that it is "much easier to tear down than to create." How much can we attempt to create before it all feels too futile?

An UnHegelian Thought

The things you do when no one else is around- that's the person you are.
-person in my psychology class

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Hegel

How does the internet tie into Hegel's idea of the world spirit? We can recognize anyone on the internet. It is by far the largest database of ideas, facts, opinions, perspectives and people. There a millions of people recognizing one another on the web each second. Many heres, many nows, indeed!