PHL 505 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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Hegel + economical philosophical manuscripts (utopian marx) = guiding principle for. Men enter into relations independent of their will, for the forces of production . The idea that humans have to do something to be who they are, they do this socially. Produce their existence through work / labour. Humans cannot exist without other humans so for it to be social is a human condition. Existence (essence) is a way of life, and be a certain kind of thing. Humans wouldn"t be what they are without producing what they are together with other humans humans make themselves what they are. Produce environmental inorganic body made for humans, by humans to continue way of existence. Entire human culture is necessary in order to live. Other humans = material foes and historical stage. Consciousness how people talk and think, it happens in the material basis and is reflected in the superstructure. Humans understand who they are in opposition to the other.