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Hegel’s subjectum

Posted on August 14, 2016 by J. B. Aitken

I found this discussion of what Hegel means by substance and subject very helpful in Karl Marx: The Early Writings, ed Lucio Colletti. (Comments by Colletti) Hegel inverts the relationship between subject and predicate.  The universal or concept, which ought to … Continue reading →

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The Legacy of Idealism

Posted on July 22, 2016 by J. B. Aitken

Pinkard, Terry.  German Philosophy 1760-1860: The Legacy of Idealism.  Cambridge. The more I think about Terry Pinkard’s work, the more I am inclined to say that Idealism facilitated modernity’s exhaustion. Kant introduced his paradox: exactly how coherent is it to … Continue reading →

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Phenomenology of Spirit (Review)

Posted on April 14, 2016 by J. B. Aitken

Where to begin a review on a book of this magnitude? While this might seem like a difficult question, the easiest answer is also the most Hegelian: start anywhere, for you will end up in the final moment of the … Continue reading →

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The Hegel Dictionary

Posted on January 2, 2016 by J. B. Aitken

Rarely do you find a book that covers a dense topic in a remarkably lucid manner. This is such a book. The book is, as it says it is, a dictionary. It covers *some* terms in Hegelian studies. It does … Continue reading →

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Frame: Hegel

Posted on December 29, 2015 by J. B. Aitken

I’m always skeptical when people talk about “Hegel” for the large reason they have no clue what they are saying.  He isn’t an easy philosopher and his system has been sidetracked by facile interpretations. Frame does a good job, though. … Continue reading →

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Risk and Intellectual Maturation

Posted on December 15, 2015 by J. B. Aitken

When people look at my reading lists, they usually get very nervous.  They see “dangerous” authors and ask why I am abandoning the gospel.  Such motives are always news to me.  But I think I understand the point of the … Continue reading →

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Through Hegel, Fire, and Sword

Posted on December 5, 2015 by J. B. Aitken

(With proper acknowledgments to Lewis Ayres for the title). Consistency in life and doctrine is a mark of the gospel.  The godly man  does not flit from doctrine to doctrine.   That represents an unstable mind.  However, consistency of doctrine is … Continue reading →

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Hegel and the Hermetic Tradition

Posted on November 24, 2015 by J. B. Aitken

Was Hegel a Hermetic occultist? Maybe. Glen Magee takes us on a tour of Hegel’s writings, but unlike other Hegel scholars, Magee places Hegel against the occultic backdrop of his homeland and upbringing. This allows Magee to take seriously the … Continue reading →

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