Lecture 113: The Complete Phenomenology of Spirit (Force and the Understanding, sec. 160-161)

The Complete Phenomenology of Spirit (Force and the Understanding, sec. 160-161) by ReasonIO

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Name:	Gregory B. Sadler (ReasonIO)
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In this sixty-third video in the new series on G.W.F. Hegel's great early work, the Phenomenology of Spirit, I read and comment on paragraphs 160 and 161 of the text, continuing our study of the third portion of the section "Consciousness," i.e "Force and the Understanding: Appearance and the Supersensible World".

Hegel now examines the relations between the supersensible, inverted world and the world of appearance, and within the inverted world itself by further examining what is involved in inversion. He turns to fundamental metaphysical determinations, exploring the implications of pure change, antithesis or opposition, and contradiction.

By contrast to other accounts of opposition, which view opposition as an extrinsic relation between things already existing in-themselves, Hegel construes opposition as a relation, in which both sides actually possess and produce opposition -- and their other -- within themselves.

The examination of law and force earlier on in this section get summarized as a progression, in which first the self-same splits or sunders itself. The parts or moments are assumed to represent stable existences which can be taken for granted, but which possess no necessary relation of opposition to each other. Through the notion of inner difference, the indifferent moments are revealed as having their being only in a unity surpassing them, within which genuine opposition arises.

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In this video series, Dr. Sadler will be working through the entire Phenomenology, paragraph by paragraph -- for each one, first reading the paragraph, and then commenting on what Hegel is doing, referencing, discussing, etc. in that paragraph.

This series is designed to provide an innovative digital resource that will assist students, lifelong learners, professionals, and even other philosophers in studying this classic work by Hegel for generations to come. If you'd like to support this project -- and also receive some rewards for your support -- please contribute! - https://www.patreon.com/drgbsadler

Dr. Sadler will be using and referencing the A.V. Miller English-language translation of the Phenomenology, which is available here: http://amzn.to/1jDUI6w

The introductory music for the video is: Johann Sebastian Bach, Partita No. 1 in Bm, BWV 1002, is available in the public domain, and can be found at musopen.org.

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