Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Continuing on Hegel's Phenomenology, "Spirit" chapter, now up to sections 511-526, which finishes off the sub-section of "Self-Alienated Spirit" called "Culture and its Realm of Actuality."
Whereas in our last episode, obeying the state (public power) ran counter to hoarding wealth (private power), at this stage the two converge, because the state gets concentrated in a single monarch who both receives our power and doles out wealth to his supporters. So putting your effort into obtaining private wealth ironically requires surrendering your agency (and hence wealth) to the state.
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Continuing on Hegel's Phenomenology, "Spirit" chapter, now up to sections 511-526, which finishes off the sub-section of "Self-Alienated Spirit" called "Culture and its Realm of Actuality."
Whereas in our last episode, obeying the state (public power) ran counter to hoarding wealth (private power), at this stage the two converge, because the state gets concentrated in a single monarch who both receives our power and doles out wealth to his supporters. So putting your effort into obtaining private wealth ironically requires surrendering your agency (and hence wealth) to the state.
This discussion continues with youtu.be/9XP8905PErQ. Get more at partiallyexaminedlife.com. Support us and get extra talking and more prompt episodes ad free at partiallyexaminedlife.com/support.
