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"oftentimes we would be discussing hejel and she would say 'omg look at my dog' (it was a cute dog) or 'im tanning and i will soon look african american'"
"Understanding Plato's theory of forms or how Hegel influenced Marx or how Bush's foreign policy contributed to the destabilization of the middle east is great and all, but you can't actually apply that knowledge towards any sort of lucrative career."
"I don't want to sound like an entitled liberal arts grad (even though I sort of am one) who's impotently angry at society and capitalism because no one wants to pay him to write essays on hegel but there is definitely a serious anxiety when you feel like none of your skills or interests are in any w"
"I don't mean anything fancy by this, just rather than moving towards the world spirit or the Idea (or whatever) she's rapidly moving away from any real intellectual ability. Instead of progressing through more and more complex and capable stages of consciousness, each stage she goes through is just "
"Hegel was among the first to see in the geographical triad of Germany, France and England an expression of three different existential attitudes: reflective thoroughness (German), revolutionary hastiness (French), utilitarian pragmatism (English)."
"I get that angsty teens have long pretended to read and understand big philosophers, and many of these current teens seem to just be memeing, but its evident there is an uncommon engagement with philosophy among young people, younger teens are familiar with these college-level philosophers and their"
"There's something kind of pure about memes as a format, people anonymously trying to make each other laugh for no personal gain, but once you're using the template of a meme purely to demonstrate that you know about Hegel or Deleuze or Aphex Twin or whatever and have zero intention of being funny, j"
"Hegel, as he is name dropped in present day, is almost always nothing more than a pretentious signal for Marx. A signal that (for now) gives off less of the miasma that comes with mentioning Marx. It's cynical to think the current most worthwhile intellectual examination of Spirit, Consciousness, th"
"Also any and all references to Hegel are ironic."
"Hegel, as he is name dropped in present day, is almost always nothing more than a pretentious signal for Marx."
"Do kids really sit around discussing Hegel and listening to Death in June and stuff like that?"