Hegel Q&A and Discussion Hangout Later Today

Every month we host two online Hegel Q&A and Discussion "Hangout"s - one for the general public, and one for my Patreon supporters of the project (both of them brought to you by those Patreon supporters' generous underwriting).

Today, from 3-4 PM Central Time, I'll be hosting the one for the general public - and that means literally anyone who has an interest in Hegel, German Idealism, post-Hegelian philosophy, or even philosophy more generally - you're all welcome!

We often veer off into other topics of conversation, ranging from contemporary events and politics, to my current crop of students, to ancient and medieval philosophy, to. . .  but, we do give priority to any questions, comments, or conversation that's more explicitly Hegel-related.

Here's the link you can use to get into the session.  You can come to chat, or even just to lurk and listen, if you like.  Hope to see some of you there!

First Three Videos in "Dissemblance and Duplicity" Section

Now we start a new, second section of the "Morality" portion of the "Spirit" part of the work - "Dissemblance and Duplicity".  We pick up some of the seemingly paradoxical threads that already began to display themselves in the preceding section, and try to work them through entirely (and, if you know Hegel, you realize that this "entirely" is less of an ending point than an ideal!)

Why is this section titled with those terms?  In Hegel's German, it's actually just one term, "Die Verstellung", which could be rendered with either of those terms, or even "disguise".  You might ask who is engaging in dissemblance or duplicity - and what is being mis-represented (if you'd like to play off Vor-stellung) in that way.

At any rate, here are those three first videos. More yet to come in this section.

• Lecture 261 - paragraphs 616-617
• Lecture 262 - paragraphs 618
• Lecture 263 - paragraphs 619