This work argues that the concept of freedom progresses through three stages, in which “one man is free,” “some men are free,” and finally “all men are free.” For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this series of lectures, which infamously dismisses Africa as “enveloped in the dark mantle of night,” having “no…development to exhibit.” It claims the title concept exhibits the unfolding of Absolute Spirit.
ANSWER: Lectures on the Philosophy of History [or Lectures on the Philosophy of World History; or Vorlesungen uber die Philosophie der Weltgeschichte]
[10e] The Lectures on the Philosophy of History were delivered by this German idealist philosopher, who analyzed the dialectical evolution of Geist in his Phenomenology of Spirit.
ANSWER: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
[10h] In the Philosophy of History, Hegel coins this three-word phrase to describe how world-historical individuals unconsciously carry out the purposes of the World Spirit. You may give your answer in English or German.
ANSWER: the “cunning of reason” [or “ruse of reason”; or “List der Vernunft”]
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