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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. In Hegel's philosophy, where is duty found?

2. What emerges after self-estrangement fades according to Hegel?

3. Who else reached similar conclusions to Hegel's, about the nature of Absolute self-consciousness?

4. What serves as a model for duties for individuals in Hegel's opinion?

5. When does the complete spiritual being begin to function in the world according to Hegel?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the statue represent in Hegel's view?

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

4. What is the effect of Insight on self-consciousness, in Hegel's philosophy?

5. How does Hegel define duty?

6. In what way does Hegel say that humans can continue to progress beyond Absolute Knowledge?

7. What is the two-fold function of Spirit, in Hegel's philosophy?

8. According to Hegel, what does the law of heart do to an individual who follows it?

9. What does Hegel mean by saying that every action is divisive?

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

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

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 3

Analyze the things the self loses along the path of its development toward Absolute Spirit according to Hegel's philosophy. How are the individual's losses compensated with new gains, powers, abilities? Is the self conserved throughout the process, or does it end with more or less than it started with? Is it even still the same thing?

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