so let's not draw this out unnecessarily
of course!
an intimation of the Spirit appeared
My Daemon and I welcome you to the last episode on the Phenomenology of Spir-----------------------------------------------How do you know it's the last episode?!
Indeed. I know because
in the beginning we said there would be three episodes
and someone might now be thinking
but in the second episode
you announced a crisis
as a result of which
it became unknown whether
we will follow with part 2.1
2.2, 2.3....3.1
3.2...
we even compared this crisis to
the arrival of Napoleon
and the Napoleonic army
in Jena
but
this crisis was the natural anti-thesis
with a view to the thesis of the first episode
wherein we claimed we would fit into three episodes
and right now we are negating
the negation
of the first thesis
someone might ask
whether this episode is the
manifestation of Absolute Knowledge of Hegel? NO!
the fourth
movement
which is invisible
is the ultimate
episode in which the manifestation
of Absolute Knowledge of Hegel is to be found
and this fourth episode - you will never see it online
in the tangible sense
but you will in fact see it, because
it is composed of
all three episodes watched one after the other
and in this way
we reach the end
and in the end, is the Spirit
we have already noted to some extent
the Spirit
in the previous episode
when an intimation of the Spirit appeared
it is the same principle as in the first episode
which concerned conscious
saw the appearance of the intimation of reason
however, here
we focus on
the full manifestation of
Spirit -  it is the Absolute Reason
which is the Spirit
raised
to the level of a  truth
which encompasses all of reality
this is Hegel's description
and
for us to understand what this means
in practice - this means that
in practice
the Spirit
is the life of the Nation
which it leaves behind its self
in its movement
and here arises that which
arose in the previous episode
or at least began to arise in the last episode
namely this uncertainty
about whether I will fit into three episodes
or will I need more?
this uncertainty lies somewhere
on the boundaries of
of the aforementioned
scepticism from the first episode
and alienation
alienation is that which
arises, in a sense, alonside the Spirit
how to describe it? what is it? it is of course
one of the most important
concepts in the Hegelian system
because
here the Spirit reveals itself to us
and leaves behind the Law
the State, the Nation
the Government
God - in other words; religion
and
in a sense we say that this is
my Nation, my State
my Religion, my Government
my Law
but
to what extent is it so very often
in life something which becomes
not my State! not my Nation!
not my God! not my Church!
not my Law!
man at any given moment
experiences a deep sense of alienation
towards
the products
I suppose
so-called products of the Spirit
certainly these products are not independent of  man
they are fully
the work
of Absolute Reason
which has reached the stage of the Spirit
ergo they are ours
only, with each moment
we experience alienation with regard to them
with each moment the same problem returns
which we saw already
in the very beginning when knowledge
trembled before the fact
that somewhere
it rests alone, seperated from
itself
we talked about this: I know that I do not know
thus I reach for knowledge I know exists, but
though I don't know where it is, though I know it is in me
so now we have arrived at
man, or matter
is no longer only conscious matter
is no longer rational matter
now it is
dare I say it?...
a spiritual body
despite this
or perhaps because of this
because it is a spiritual body
it continues
forever alienated
with regard to its self
and with regard to the products of Spirit
there is in essence only
one instance
one work
of the Spirit
where this alienation is not
to be found
Hegel writes
quite a bit about this: namely the family
concretely:
the love of a man and a woman
Hegel calls the love of the wife
and the husband...I don't want to
make a mistake and say "the only"
but
one is tempted to say "the only"
institution
in which
pure rational and spiritual conscious
encounters and recognizes its self
in the beloved husband
and the beloved wife
of course
this movement
of the thesis and anti-thesis
personified often by husband and wife
leads of course to
procreation
in this way the individual fades away
so that the individual can live into eternity
in this way
the individual, on the one hand
completes its task, which Hegel calls
death
the anti-thesis of life
but as we all know
from
our study of biology
death is
one of the primary characteristics
of the human species (and not only)
thanks to which this species is able to survive
for as we pass on
our genes
we allow for
genetic selection
so that the strongest genes survive
so to speak (this language of strength is not accurate)
the idea is that the biological essence of humanity
will become better adapted to the task of survival
in order for this to
take place, the individual must
die
yet the individual perseveres
in the next generations and
in the Nation
in the Spirit of the Nation
which itself is in constant motion
nevertheless the problem of alienation...
alienation touches
everything in the life of the Spirit
and
from the depths of alienation
arises Culture
and now we arrive at the point where--------------------------------I don't understand?
I will explain
culture is from the Greek agros-cultura (agriculture)
which means the nurture of the earth
so that the earth
would be fertile and give us its fruits
so that those things which grow into the earth
could also grow out of the earth
things which are to grow
on a field - if we do not nurture the earth
the things growing on it become alienated from
the earth even though they are one and the same matter
yes?
everything that grows on the earth comes from earth
and culture is the nurturing
of man
so that he may grow back into
his Nation, his State,
his Church
and into his own self
and culture is
the medicine
for the alienation of the individual
from the system
of law and politics
from the system of religion
every time we say
something's not right, something's going on here
something's not right
this is
the beginning of alienation
there are certain extremes of alienation of course
which can be very dangerous
and destructive
for individuals and societies
but
contrary to
some for whom, for example
the medicine for alienation
is
a blooming economy
Hegel quite clearly leads us to understand that
the medicine for alienation is culture
and
it is observable, after all, that alienation
in the fullest sense
takes place most often
in the most advanced economies
and not
in the less developed ones, and this is logical
because it is there
that conscious has grown into reason
and reason has risen to the level of
the Spirit
and created that which we call
the Modern World
with all of its modern institutions
in which man is supposedly going to finally find himself
which are the result of Enlightenment
but which often shine
so brightly that they blind us
and
in order to regain good sight
of this world
culture becomes necessary
and this is not the end
o the Phenomenology of Spirit in the sense of
the
Hegel goes on to discuss the subject of
religion
but
I think that
what he has to say about religion
I will leave to you
Hegel
there is often this controversy
we have already touched upon this problem
to what extent is Hegel contemporary?
or
can we learn anything from Hegel?
if we reject
the End of History?
or are we compelled
to become either his votaries or
turn away
turn our backs on him
we should remember that Hegel was a theologian
and just as in
the falling and trembling
ground of the Roman Empire
Christianity arose
which, in that crumbling world
seemed to point to a path
forward
so too in the crumbling
and trembling
world of the early XIX century
which literarly
was on fire - we must remember that when Hegel wrote
he even
there was a moment when
he supposedly saw Napoleon with his own eyes
on his horse
and Hegel claimed
it is amazing
to know that here
encompassed in this one man
on this horse, is the Spirit
of an Epoch
yes? and
the Hegelian system
is
equally
amazing
as a flash
of revelation as Christianity was in the ancient world
and just as Christianity for
the Greeks and the Romans
was
not only something controvercial but
something odd and beyond comprehension
I do not claim that now we
perfectly understand religion, but
we are accustomed to the fact that it exists
we agree with it, we disagree with it
we participate in it, we do not participate in it
but it is not alien
Hegel is alien
and
for 200 years now
so not a very long time, relatively speaking
we try to accustom ourselves to Hegelian thought
we can reject Hegel
but we cannot reject the fact that
the movement, the phenomenology of Spirit
which he observes
has moved the World - so, to summarize:
conscious
rational conscious
spiritual reason - the Spirit
an from the Spirit
the State, the Nation
Religion, the Law
what about culture?
culture follows on the heels of alienation
and alienation
is caused by
the dissonance between the individual and
the products of the Spirit
between the Individual and the State
between the Individual and Religion
the Individual and the Nation
the individual and the Law
the individual is alienated from them all
and culture
is that thanks to which
the individual
grows back into
the earthly dirt
of the Spirit
that is Hegel in a radical
summary
I think
a good way, or a good approach to Hegel
I tried to manifest him
I invite you to watch it - there is
this short clip
"The Stairway to Hegel"
if you check our channel
we have playlists, and one playlist
is called Philosophy - you're watching it now
but there's another playlist:
literature and then
a new playlist was added just yesterday!
in contrast to
our long discussion, this one is a short
set of philosophical adventures in the city
and
yesterday I made this
thing that some of you might
think is a criticism of Hegel
because here I a saying that
we shouldn't go down the path of
progress and History, but back to the Greeks
but it is not very serious for
a philosopher who
makes Hegel his own
to get caught up with the ending
for the whole essence of Hegel is that
the Spirit is a movement
over every point in time
being becomes time
and in this time ceases to
divide being from itself
so we can be Greeks tomorrow
and we can be
people of
the future today
and we can be
yesterday's sceptics
this is the essence of Hegel
we are no longer
prisoners of our times
in contrast to some
critics of historicism who
there is this criticism that
since
each principle
in philosophy grows out of
History
is it therefore not true that the principle
of Hegel's Absolute Reason
is likewise just a moment in History?
awaiting an anti-thesis
and suddenly it will turn out that what Hegel calls
Absolute Truth ceases to be true?
because something new will be revealed?
no
Hegel is not
so
lacking in understanding and careless a philosopher
to fall into this kind of
trap
the trap of historicism
a trap into which, for example
the Marxists do fall
Marxism is a kind of imitation
of Hegel -and like any poor imitation
of any philosophy
it turns out to be full of holes
shallow - well, in any case
enjoy being conscious and rational
Spirits - move with freedom
over each point
of human experience, of History
art, literature and
philosophy
of knowledge and
see you next time. Thank you
that's it? That's all?!
