Abstract

For Hegel, the philosophy of world history marks the culmination of the philosophy of right and introduces the philosophy of absolute spirit. As the juncture between time and eternity, it raises the critical question about his project. Either history is taken seriously and time condemns all achievements, whether political, aesthetic, religious or philosophical, to the finitude of contingency. Or the absolute standpoint, once attained, cuts the flow of time, cancelling the reality of its continuation.