Summary of Phenomenology of Spirit - G.W.F. Hegel
Hegel, George Wilhelm Friedrich 1. Phenomenology of Spirit a. The self can only exist when it is acknowledged. b. When the self conscious comes across another being: i. It sees itself in the other. ii. It doesn’t recognize the other as real. c. It is compelled to consider itself more important than the other being. In doing so: i. It has to overcome itself that it sees in the other being. ii. It equalizes itself as it overcomes the other being, and iii. Through this process, it gives life to the other being. d. The self-conscious sees the other as independent from itself and not under its control. e. The self-conscious of both beings mutually recognize each through the described process. f. The self-conscious considers itself the I and the other as an object. i. The ‘object’ considers itself the I and the other the object. g. Presentation of the self is an abstraction of the self-consciousness. h. Each being moves into conflict. i. Sees the death of the
