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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. How does Hegel define "irritability"?

2. Why does Hegel say that the relationship with the bondsman is not fulfilling for the lord?

3. Hegel writes that the divisive power of the mind allows the self to define itself relative to what?

4. What does consciousness rest on in Hegel's account?

5. What does Hegel include in the limitations of laws?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Hegel's philosophy, what relationship do the sciences--particularly phrenology and craniology--have to do with truth?

2. What are the components of a "concrete individuality" in Hegel's terminology?

3. What qualities does an "organic entity" have according to Hegel?

4. What is the "conceit of individuality" and what force counters it according to Hegel's philosophy?

5. How can the individual's truths be realized, according to Hegel's philosophy?

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

7. What was the relationship between philosophy and science in Hegel's time?

8. What are the two meanings Hegel gives to the term "independent self-consciousness"?

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

10. How does Hegel define determinateness?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Hegel's relationship with art? What is his ideal artistic form, or is life itself an artistic form for the Absolute Spirit?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Is Hegel writing for everyman or for specific types of people who are interested in a certain kind of self-discovery? Is he defining an archetypal experience of the soul's maturation, or is he talking about the experience divines and mystics undergo as they search for and find enlightenment?

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