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From: jtm@syteka.UUCP (Jim McCrae)
Newsgroups: net.philosophy
Subject: Re: philosophy books
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Date: Fri, 28-Sep-84 17:29:20 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 28 17:29:20 1984
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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