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Metaphysical Foundations of Hegel’s Philosophy of History

Turner, Lou

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Title
Metaphysical Foundations of Hegel’s Philosophy of History
Author(s)
Turner, Lou
Issue Date
2006-10-06
Keyword(s)
  • Hegel
  • philosophy of history
  • metaphysics
  • Fichte
  • Schelling
  • German Idealism
Date of Ingest
2026-03-26T11:31:49-05:00
Abstract
"Metaphysical Foundations of Hegel’s Philosophy of History" is a conference paper submitted to 19th Biennial Meeting of the Hegel Society of America, “Hegel and History,” October 6-8, 2006 in Chicago, Illinois. Although Hegel’s “short list” of philosophers to whom he gave pride of place was somewhat long, there was only one philosopher of whom he made his final bequest to be buried by—Johann G. Fichte. Hegel read the post-Kantian history of philosophy as the culminating moment of 2,500 years of Western thought, in which the German Idealism of Fichte-Schelling-Hegel represented, if not the end, then at least, the most recent turning point. This essay explores the extensive impact of an overlooked concept in Fichte’s Science of Knowledge—the concept of sphere—on the metaphysical foundations of Hegel’s philosophy of history.
Type of Resource
text
Genre of Resource
conference paper
Language
eng

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