Word: paradoxical
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Dates: during 1890-1890
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...essence of Hegel's doctrine-Hegel's secret, as Dr. Sterling has called it-was the appreciation of the fundamental paradox of consciousn ss. This was the actual idea which Hegel chose to bury in a mass of barbaric words. Each one of us, Hegel said, is what some other moment of his life finds him reflectively to be. All consciousness is merely an appeal to other consciousness, to a past self. The more we commune with others, the richer this past consciousness becomes. An attempt to attain holiness through separation from the world is therefore useless. True, spiritual life...
...Hegel's Doctrine of the Paradox of self-consciousness...
...Further Illustrations of the Paradox...
...Hegel's Philosophical Use of this Paradox...
...General significance of the Paradox as set forth in the "Phenomenology of Spirit...