Geist, German for “spirit” or “mind”, is the central term of Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit (1807). Spirit realises itself through the dialectical development of consciousness, society, art, religion and philosophy, until it knows itself as all reality. Hegel read Eckhart and Böhme with interest and saw speculative philosophy as the truth of mysticism.
Geist
Spirit or mind: in Hegel, the Absolute coming to know itself through nature, history and human thought.
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