Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!sytek!syteka!jtm From: jtm@syteka.UUCP (Jim McCrae) Newsgroups: net.philosophy Subject: Re: philosophy books Message-ID: <487@syteka.UUCP> Date: Fri, 28-Sep-84 17:29:20 EDT Article-I.D.: syteka.487 Posted: Fri Sep 28 17:29:20 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 1-Oct-84 04:28:46 EDT References: tellab3.191 Lines: 20 I wasn't involved in the input to the list of great philoso-bibs, but isn't Hegel missing? Or is he conspicuous ony in his absence? Granted, the guy got carried away and made an ass out of himself here and there, but for internal consistency his description of the universe is hard to beat. I know it's not popular to embrace Hegel (a bit ripe by now i would say), but consider that Marx, Nietchze, Kierkegaard, all the late 19th century biggies, were basically aligning themselves for or against Hegel. Consider the influence Hegel has had on the 20th century: the three branches of government are described by Hegel as the manifestation of what Frued would later call Id, Ego, and Super-Ego; Hegel stated that a just government must have this triumvirate balance. A third of the world, roughly, lives under governments structured a la Hegel, while another third lives underr governments structured a la Marx, whose early writings are primarily concerned with the idealism and lack of pragmatism in Hegel's works. For better or worse, the guy's a big number. A vote for the Begriffe is a vote for Universal Unity. Jim McCrae ...!hplabs!sytek!jtm