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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. What does Hegel say has to be his starting point for consciousness?

2. How does Hegel describe the moral consciousness?

3. Why does Hegel say that "property" is superior to "no property"?

4. What is the ultimate result of action according to Hegel?

5. How does Hegel define the self at the higher level of consciousness?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hegel account for self-conflict as an opportunity for the self?

2. What is the contradiction that governs the self's relationship with morality, in Hegel's view?

3. According to Hegel's philosophy, what is the individual's relationship with society, in terms of the development of ethical behavior?

4. How is the Divine Being revealed, in Hegel's philosophy?

5. How does Hegel define moments?

6. What is God's relationship with the work of art, in Hegel's view?

7. How do light and dark function in natural religion, in Hegel's view?

8. Define the German word Geist.

9. According to Hegel, what effect does the awareness of death have on the self?

10. According to Hegel, what do artists and tool makers have in common?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

Hegel uses anatomical metaphors to express his theories, such as his comparison of Sensibility to the nervous system, or Reproduction to the intestinal system. What is the role of the body in Hegel's philosophy, and are his metaphors meant to invoke the body as a constant presence behind Hegel's discussion of Reason and the development of the self-consciousness, or are they merely explanatory metaphors?

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