The Phenomenology of Spirit

The Phenomenology of Spirit

Preface

Introduction

A. Consciousness [das Bewusstsein]

- A.I. Sense-certainty: or the 'This' and 'Meaning'

- A.II. Perception: or The Thing and Deception [die Wahrnehmung; oder das Ding und die Tauschung]

- A.III. Force and the Understanding: Appearance and the Supersensible World

B. Self-Consciousness [Selbstbewusstsein]

- IV. The Truth of Self-Certainty [die Wahrheit der Gewissheit seiner selbst]

- B. A. Independence and Dependence of Self-Consciousness: Lordship and Bondage

Freedom of Self-Consciousness

- B. B. Stoicism, Scepticism, and The Unhappy Consciousness

B. C. (AA.) Reason

- V. The Certainty and Truth of Reason

- V. A. Observing Reason [beobachtende Vernunft]

-- V. A. a. Observation of Nature

-- V. A. b. Observation of Self-Consciousness in its purity and in its relation to external actuality. Logical and psychological laws

-- V A. c. Observation of the relation of self-consciousness to its immediate actuality. Physiognomy and Phrenology

- V. B. The Actualization of Rational Self-Consciousness through its own activity

-- V. B.a. Pleasure and Necessity [die Lust und die Notwendigkeit]

-- V. B. b. The Law of the Heart and the Frenzy of Self-Conceit [das Gesetz des Herzens und der Wahnsinn des Eigendunkels]

-- V. B. c. Virtue and the Way of the World

- V. C. Individuality which takes itself to be real in and for itself

-- V. C. a. The spiritual animal kingdom and deceit, or the 'matter in hand' itself

-- V. C. b. Reason as lawgiver

-- V. C. c. Reason as testing laws

(BB.) Spirit

VI. Spirit

- VI. A. The True Spirit. The Ethical Order

-- VI. A. a. The Ethical World. Human and Divine Law: Man and Woman

-- VI. A. b. Ethical action. Human and Divine Knowledge. Guilt and Destiny

-- VI. A. c. Legal Status

- VI. B. Self-Alienated Spirit. Culture. ''[der sich entfremdete Geist. Die Bildung]''

-- VI. B. I. The World of Self-Alienated Spirit

--- VI. B. I. a. Culture and its realm of actuality

--- VI. B. I. b. Faith and our insight

-- VI. B. II. The Enlightenment

--- VI. B. II. a. The struggle of the Enlightenment with Superstition (541-573)

--- VI. B. II. b. The Truth of Enlightenment (574-581)

-- VI. B. III. Absolute Freedom and Terror (582-595)

- VI. C. Spirit that is certain of itself. Morality [der seiner selbst gewisse Geist. Die Moralitat]

-- VI. C. a. The moral view of the world (599-615)

-- VI. C. b. Dissemblance or duplicity (616-631)

-- VI. C. c. Conscience. The 'Beautiful Soul', evil and forgiveness (632-671)