Public Hegel Q&A Session Later Today

It's already that time again this month - the day that we hold an online Q&A and discussion session for all things Hegel-related (and quite frankly, we do get off on a lot of digressions, not only about German idealism or even philosophy in general, but also politics, culture, and media!)

We'll be holding the session via videoconference in our ReasonIO Free Conference Call online space - you can reach it here - and everybody is welcome to join in.  It's at the usual time - 5 PM Central Time.  I'll always give priority to people who actually have questions about Hegel's thought - and if you're reading Hegel, you're bound to have questions!

I offer these sessions the general public as a public service to help build awareness and understanding of Hegel's philosophy. The Patreon supporters of the Half Hour Hegel project effectively underwrite this online engagement - so many thanks to them!

Next Four Videos in The Spirit Portion of the Work

The first section of the Spirit portion of the Phenomenology is "The True Spirit - The Ethical Order".  It comprises a pretty substantive portion of the work - paragraphs 444 to 483 - so there will be quite a few videos to get through that entire section.  Even the first sub-section is quite long, ranging over paragraphs 446 to 463.

What Hegel is developing in that first subsection is an eventual conflict between two main manifestations of the "Ethical Substance" - what he will term the Divine Law, with its locus in the Family, and the Human Law, with its locus in the State or Nation.  Making it even more complicated, he will also connect these two sides with gender, placing Woman on the side of the Divine Law and the Family, and Man on the side of Human Law and the larger Community.

Here are those early videos, the first one of which is an introduction to the first section in general.

• Lecture 180 - paragraph 444-445

The next three are the beginning of the section proper

• Lecture 181 - paragraph 446-449
• Lecture 182 - paragraph 450-451
• Lecture 183 - paragraph 452

First Three Videos in the Spirit Portion

We finished up the Reason portion of the work last month, and started moving into the Spirit section - and of course, held a Hegel Party to celebrate that milestone.

Now, we're right at the start of Spirit - which is a very looonnng portion of the work - but we do have the first three commentary videos produced and posted publicly, providing the introduction to the entire Spirit portion.

This part of the work is likely to take quite a long time to get through - probably the next year and a half - but it is one of the most interesting portions of the Phenomenology of Spirit.  And, once it is finished, we're quite close to the end of the work - just Religion and Absolute Knowing still to comment upon.

Here are the first three videos on the Spirit section:

• Lecture 176 - paragraph 438
• Lecture 177 - paragraphs 439-440
• Lecture 178 - paragraphs 441-443

Finishing The Entire Reason Portion of the Phenomenology!

Earlier today, I released the last of the four videos covering the nine paragraphs in the "Reason as Testing Laws" section.  That brings the commentary on the entire 200+ paragraph Reason portion of the work to a close!

That means that we are ready to start a new - and equally lengthy - portion of the work: Spirit!  I've already started shooting footage for the commentary videos early on in the Spirit portion - the very introductory materials.  The first of those will be coming out either tomorrow - for my Patreon supporters, who get a sneak peek at the new material - or on Sunday, before the Hegel Party - for everyone else.

In any case, here are the final four videos in Reason - the entirety of "Reason as Testing Laws":

• Lecture 173 - paragraphs 429-430
• Lecture 174 - paragraphs 431-433
• Lecture 175 - paragraphs 434-436
• Lecture 176 - paragraphs 437

Finishing Up With Reason As Lawgiver

We finish up with the second to last section of the Reason portion of the Phenomenology - "Reason as Lawgiver" - with these two videos:

Lecture 171 - paragraphs 425
Lecture 172 - paragraphs 426-428

Now, we are ready to move into the very last section of Reason - "Reason as Testing Laws"!