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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Hegel, what is "honest activity" related to?

2. What becomes clear as the future becomes the past, according to Hegel?

3. What does Hegel say accompanies the process of Virtue bringing good into the world?

4. What does "the concrete" have in Hegel's account?

5. According to Hegel, how does the truth of concrete individuals manifest?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is it that forms the basis of individuality and character, in Hegel's terminology?

2. How does Hegel define determinateness?

3. What does Hegel mean by saying that consciousness is relational?

4. How does Hegel define "irritability"?

5. How, in Hegel's view, does the self become aware of the contradiction of selfhood?

6. How does Hegel define "sensibility"?

7. How does Hegel define hedonism?

8. What is the difference between a person and an animal in Hegel's philosophy?

9. How does Hegel define the relationship between the lord and the servant?

10. What is the difference between "theoretical reason" and "practical reason" in Hegel's terminology?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hegel's "Phenomenology of Spirit" describes the process by which an individual progresses from raw nature to manifested spirit. How is "Phenomenology of Spirit" also an allegory of the rite of passage into adulthood?

Essay Topic 2

In the midst of his discussion of spirit and individuality, Hegel detours into a chapter on property and no property, and even describes communism as an ideal social system for distributing goods. What is the role of this social planning impulse throughout the rest of Phenomenology of Spirit? Is Hegel urging socio-political changes, or is he talking abstractly, or metaphorically, of the soul? How political is Hegel?

Essay Topic 3

Hegel's philosophy is predicated on the concept of the Spirit's progress from raw material to manifest spirit. Does "Phenomenology of Spirit" contain other views of human existence in which things are eternal and do not progress but remain the same forever? Does Hegel repress the concept of a culture that does not change over time but preserves the same arts and cultural practices from one generation to the next?

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