Ancient Philosophy
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Seen through critical theory and socialism, ancient philosophy may be studied not as the intellectual history of a past civilization but as the history of the social relations from which interest in, and perspectives on ancient philosophy have emerged.
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Hegel is a theorist of the Absolute. His system resembles premodern metaphysics in that it situates the Absolute in the divine Mind, Geist. The divine Mind is the object both of philosophy and theology. The innovative quality of Hegel’s system is that it explains why the Mind allows for these different perspectives, and why philosophy…