Oh, Hegel . . .
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tabular_rasaI was very inspired by Introduction to Political Theory II class today . . .
I really wasn't understanding the reading (Hegel is, if possible, even more wordy, verbose, and harder to plow through than me, lol . . . ), but it all makes sense now after class, and, well-- I got out a piece of paper and starting drawing random pictures that had to do with the subject material, and that's always a sign that I'm inspired (when I doodle in the margins and then erase it, that's when I'm bored, lol . . . ).
It was a refreshing set of ideas, and, even if it's too soon to tell (and probably too optimistic-- as that happens quite rarely) if Hegel and I are mind-mates, I like the way he thinks. It turns out the mass of verbiage was about the course of history, and the laws acting upon it. It's against Materialism (ahh, so refreshing-- I'm so glad we've moved out of that in Philosophy)-- it was pretty funny, actually; he asked if anyone knew what Materialism was, and I threw up my hand and explained it, and then was like *curls up* "Ack, it drives me crazy!" and he gave me this funny look and was like, "A lot of people are Materialists," and I was like, "Oh, I know," and then *glarethinks* Don't you get started; I just dare you . . . Lol-- his is the philosophy of history that is the statements of laws working on the material items (ie, the people/states/what have you of history), and, so, hence, there is a substance other than material that is the substance of laws, the nature of interacting rather than simply being. So, consequently, it's all mystical and ethereal and hard-to-read ("Spirit" and "Reason" and all this gibber-gabber that has to be explained, but, once it is, it makes sense ^_^) and but I love it! Plus I also understand it (I think . . . ,maybe it's a bad sign if I think I understand it too well . . . ), and no one else in the class seems to, or those that do just think it's retarded ("Dull and boring," one girl said, lol . . . ). Anyway, Hegel, like Tocqueville, believes in the inevitable journey towards freedom-- and he actually believes in the "end" of history, ie, the theoretically point where all are free, rather as the end of gravity would be the point at which all has unified in upon itself (and I say, as I like cycles and expanding upon and can't stand the idea of "the end," where upon it starts over and has it's own renewed Big Bang and begins again ^_^). Anyway, it made me think a lot of my book, and how the whole scheme of America is a point of perfection towards which we are perpetually trying to achieve. In fact, Hegel even calls that the point of "Idea," which is astoundingly close to the considered title for my book, "The Ideal America" (amiably ambiguous-- is it "the ideal form of America," or "the ideal which is America?" Yeah . . . think about it . . . ^_^ . . . lol . . . O.o . . . ).
I think the world ended in 1945. Then God changed his mind about everything and we live in a post-apocalyptic society and everything has changed.
Think about it . . . (I'm not saying I really actually believe it) . . . but, ponder on it-- because it's surprisingly plausible, to me . . .
Okay, I need to stop with this enough babbling and actually do some work. Too bad we don't get credit for writing reviews on our classes, lol . . .
I really wasn't understanding the reading (Hegel is, if possible, even more wordy, verbose, and harder to plow through than me, lol . . . ), but it all makes sense now after class, and, well-- I got out a piece of paper and starting drawing random pictures that had to do with the subject material, and that's always a sign that I'm inspired (when I doodle in the margins and then erase it, that's when I'm bored, lol . . . ).
It was a refreshing set of ideas, and, even if it's too soon to tell (and probably too optimistic-- as that happens quite rarely) if Hegel and I are mind-mates, I like the way he thinks. It turns out the mass of verbiage was about the course of history, and the laws acting upon it. It's against Materialism (ahh, so refreshing-- I'm so glad we've moved out of that in Philosophy)-- it was pretty funny, actually; he asked if anyone knew what Materialism was, and I threw up my hand and explained it, and then was like *curls up* "Ack, it drives me crazy!" and he gave me this funny look and was like, "A lot of people are Materialists," and I was like, "Oh, I know," and then *glarethinks* Don't you get started; I just dare you . . . Lol-- his is the philosophy of history that is the statements of laws working on the material items (ie, the people/states/what have you of history), and, so, hence, there is a substance other than material that is the substance of laws, the nature of interacting rather than simply being. So, consequently, it's all mystical and ethereal and hard-to-read ("Spirit" and "Reason" and all this gibber-gabber that has to be explained, but, once it is, it makes sense ^_^) and but I love it! Plus I also understand it (I think . . . ,maybe it's a bad sign if I think I understand it too well . . . ), and no one else in the class seems to, or those that do just think it's retarded ("Dull and boring," one girl said, lol . . . ). Anyway, Hegel, like Tocqueville, believes in the inevitable journey towards freedom-- and he actually believes in the "end" of history, ie, the theoretically point where all are free, rather as the end of gravity would be the point at which all has unified in upon itself (and I say, as I like cycles and expanding upon and can't stand the idea of "the end," where upon it starts over and has it's own renewed Big Bang and begins again ^_^). Anyway, it made me think a lot of my book, and how the whole scheme of America is a point of perfection towards which we are perpetually trying to achieve. In fact, Hegel even calls that the point of "Idea," which is astoundingly close to the considered title for my book, "The Ideal America" (amiably ambiguous-- is it "the ideal form of America," or "the ideal which is America?" Yeah . . . think about it . . . ^_^ . . . lol . . . O.o . . . ).
I think the world ended in 1945. Then God changed his mind about everything and we live in a post-apocalyptic society and everything has changed.
Think about it . . . (I'm not saying I really actually believe it) . . . but, ponder on it-- because it's surprisingly plausible, to me . . .
Okay, I need to stop with this enough babbling and actually do some work. Too bad we don't get credit for writing reviews on our classes, lol . . .
