The Kantian-Hegelian-Marxist tradition has proved extremely influential up to our present time. This post will focus on the middle of these titans of German philosophy, G.W.F. Hegel. Here are Hegel's thoughts on "Universal History":
"The German spirit is the Spirit of the New World. Its aim is the realization of absolute Truth as the unlimited self-determination of Freedom....The destiny of the German peoples is to be the bearers of the Christian principle...of Spiritual Freedom."
[Hegel, Philosophy of History]
Hegel views history as the "development of the idea of freedom." Here, he is intertwining his idea of history with the destiny of the German people.
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