“The history of the world is none other than the progress of the consciousness of freedom,” wrote the 19^th century German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel. Immensely influential, Hegel shaped the concerns and thinking of generations to come. Chris Chong picks one of Hegel’s more accessible text - The Philosophy of History – to get a sense of his ambitious and complex intellectual project.

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Tags:  Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel,  Philosophy,  Chris Chong,  Taylor's University,  The Philosophy of History,  Consciousness of freedom,  The Rose in the Cross,  Night School