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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 Ref
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.