Single Idea 8936

[catalogued under 24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 7. Communitarianism / a. Communitarianism]

Full Idea

Human nature only really exists in an achieved community of minds.

Gist of Idea

Human nature only really exists in an achieved community of minds

Source

Georg W.F.Hegel (Phenomenology of Spirit [1807], Pref 69)

Book Reference

Hegel,Georg W.F.: 'Phenomenology of Spirit', ed/tr. Miller,A.V. /Findlay,J.N. [OUP 1977], p.43


A Reaction

A lovely slogan, that makes Hegel the father of the communitarian movement. The politics of Hegel can, of course, be sinister, so one must proceed with care, and study history to see where it can all go wrong.