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|344| C. World History

The element in which the universal spirit has its determinate being — which in art is intuition and image, in religion feeling and representation, and in philosophy pure, free thought — is, in world history, spiritual actuality in its whole compass of inwardness and externality. World history is a court of judgement, because, in the universality that is in and for itself, the particular — the Penates, civil society, and the spirits of nations in their variegated actuality — is only something ideal, and the movement of spirit within this element is to exhibit this.

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  1. Hegel (Encyclopedia 1817) Avatar
    Hegel (Encyclopedia 1817)

    Encyclopedia of the Philosophical Sciences in Outline (1817), § 448:

    § 448. 3) The determinate national spirit, since it is actual and its freedom is as nature, is ultimately also within time, and has within it a development of its actuality determined by its particular principle – a history. But as a limited spirit, it passes over into universal world history, whose events represent the dialectic of the particular national spirits, the world tribunal.

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    Cross-reference:
    From the reading group’s excursuses (in German), the following belong here:

    Encyclopaedia §§ 553–577: Absolute Spirit (Art, Religion, Philosophy)

    Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion: The Relation of the Philosophy of Religion to Philosophy and to Religion

  3. Hegel (Simple) Avatar
    Hegel (Simple)

    § 341: World history

    Here the last section begins: world history.

    Where does the universal spirit show itself?

    In art as intuition and image. In religion as feeling and representation. In philosophy as pure, free thought. In world history it shows itself as the whole spiritual actuality, inside and outside.

    Why is it a court?

    Before the universal spirit, everything particular has only limited worth. The family, civil society, the spirits of nations in their colorful actuality. World history shows this.

    Summary: World history is the whole actuality of the universal spirit. It is a court, because before it everything particular counts only in a limited way.

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