PHIL 259 Lecture 8: Hegel
7 Dec 2017
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Love is infinite, unity, a feeling, love destroys objectivity, no longer 2 beings but 1 united. Shame is the raging of love against individuality, hostility. A pure heart is (cid:374)ot asha(cid:373)ed of lo(cid:448)e, (cid:271)ut asha(cid:373)ed that it"s lo(cid:448)e is i(cid:374)(cid:272)o(cid:373)plete. Ea(cid:272)h perso(cid:374) i(cid:374) the relatio(cid:374)ship is as ri(cid:272)h as the other, gi(cid:448)i(cid:374)g (cid:373)ore does(cid:374)"t (cid:373)ake you poorer, only richer. His reason generates opposition, which it transcends by uniting them. Male and female overcome their completeness in intercourse. To become fully aware of ourselves and our identity, we must be aware of how others see us. We create these oposites and our goal is to overcome these opposites. Lovers lose individualness in union, achieve deeper sense of self. Start with thesis (self), opposition is antithesis (other), enter grand synthesis, 2 become 1, both overcome isolation and incompleteness.
