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Frederick Beiser Hegel

Introduction 1 A Question of Relevance 1 A Question of Method 3 Early Ideals and Context Part One 19 Cultural Context One 21 The Twilight of the Enlightenment 21 Anti-foundationalism 23 The Pantheism Controversy 25 The Birth of Nihilism 27 The Rise of Historicism 29 The Theory–Practice Debate 31 Early Ideals Two 34 The Romantic Legacy 34 The Highest Good 36 Ethical Ideals 39 Political Ideal 41 Religious Ideal 42 The Challenge of Division 47 Metaphysics Part Two 51 Absolute Idealism Three 53 The Question of Metaphysics 53 What is the Absolute? 57 Subject–Object Identity 61 The Meaning of ‘Idealism’ 65 The Synthesis of Idealism and Realism, Freedom and Necessity 71 The Myth of Panlogicism? 76 The Organic Worldview Four 80 The Organic Dimension 80 The Rise of Organicism 82 Classical and Christian Origins 87 The Spinoza Legacy 90 The Kantian Legacy and Challenge 95 Reply to Kant 100 In Defense of Naturphilosophie 104 Myths about Naturphilosophie 107 The Realm of Spirit Five 110 Life and Spirit 110 The Spirit of Love 112 The Metaphysics of Love 116 The Transformation of Love 118 The Religious Dimension Six 124 The Unending Debate 124 Early Critique of Christianity 126 Reversal in Frankf

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