POLI 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Human Spirit, World War I, Class Conflict
11 Apr 2017
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G. w. f hegel believed history reached its goal in the 19th century. By that he meant that there were no further contradictions (ie. master- slave) that needed reconciling. People finally realized they were free, and lived in a way that was conscious of that freedom. The world"s spirit was finally conscious of itself in civil society and in the state. Human spirit will continue, but history in the philosophic sense was finally at its terminus. All that remained was for mankind to live out history, rather than perfect it. Fukuyama would say history ended too early. Friedrich nietzsche (1844-1900) feared that the triumph of western life resulted in the last man. these people live comfortable and peaceful lives. They no longer debate about the nature of power, live decadently, and do not understand the difference between the great and the subpar. Important of life is to be great not to suffer, problems are now first-world problems.
